Comments on: Does the news blackout of Israel murdering Palestinians show who controls our country?

By: Simon R

Simon R — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:41:59 +0000

The US media, in particular, is driven by one thing – ratings. Solid ratings drive up their ability to attract clients based on a known demographic and therefore their advertising revenue. The media's bias is entirely a reaction to their understanding of what their audience wants to hear. It has nothing to do with truth or being "fair and balanced". You won't watch a channel that you don't agree with – which is why here in the US some people only watch FOX and others only watch MS-NBC.

The problem of course is that you end up with people having very polarized views of things because it's much easier for TV stations, for example, to be consistent with one viewpoint and therefore keep their audiences. It's also easier for these same stations to portray the other stations as less useful because they don't share their views (and they use bigots like Bill O'Reilly to make their points).

In this country, of course, there's also the "Jewish Factor" – we have all been schooled in the political incorrectness of criticizing jews and so if you say anything anti-Israel (which frankly should have nothing to with their national religion) then the likes of AIPAC will label you as an "anti-semite"! Of course this is a ridiculous attitude (imagine being labeled an anti-Catholic because you think Sylvio Berlusconi is a corrupt politician) but nonetheless is prevalent in this country.

When the media is truly fair and balanced (unlike Fox TV) we'll have made some progress, but human nature and economics probably will not allow it in the US. Personally, I've given up on the US news outlets – I just use the BBC.
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http://www.aipac.org/, Http://news.bbc.co.uk

By: farahwonderland2005

farahwonderland2005 — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:01:59 +0000

Your question is too long to read so I'll just add 1 little comment: Mossad has infiltrated Hamas and runs it. They purposely send rockets to the Israel side of the wall as a reason to launch attacks on Palestinians. That's why there are only a few Israelis killed and countless numbers of Palestinians. One side has the most advanced weaponry known to mankind while the other has rocks and bottles and a few outdated rockets. Who is the victim?
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By: dakotanorthe

dakotanorthe — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:45:59 +0000

What murder. Hamas attacked and now they are getting their Arab A** kicked. Don't play with Israel
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By: iviolated6

iviolated6 — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:31:59 +0000

What blackout? My only hope is that the wipe out the Palestinians once and for all
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By: buttercup

buttercup — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:10:59 +0000

First of all you obviously are a terrorist sympathizer. Whatever...I applaud and support Israel for defending themselves against terrorists. Boo Hoo The Hamas do not have the fire power Israel has. My advice to them do not pick a fight with someone bigger than you. I learned this in grade school. Are you people intellectually challenged or what?
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By: Noor H

Noor H — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:49:59 +0000

Okay seriously both sides are not being covered enough when you listen to any American news station all they talk about is how is Israelites are being mistreated they only bring in Representatives from Israel the only reason they send out rockets is because Israelite soldiers are constantly on our land. Have any of you read about the 40 smuggling tunnels that have been destroyed well there shouldn't be tunnels if they werent allowed to get there own food instead of starved, and people are constantly moved out of there homes to make room for them they get zero in return basically just leave by set time or get shot. Just because they lost landin Germany ddoesn'tgive them the right to take ours also some people are constantly talking about how the children should be killed since they throw rocks at soldiers well so WHAT. How would you feel if you came home from school one day and saw that your mother, father or sibling was dead im pretty sure yyou'dwant to throw rocks at them. I can tell most of the other people who answered didn't even READ what she wrote no offense to those who did.
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actual people living in Palestine

By: mikea109

mikea109 — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:15:59 +0000

I will allude to your first sentence, the rest is not of interest to me.

Self defense is never, ever illegal. Amnesty Int'l has no legal position when it comes to war or the tactics one combatant uses over another.

Israel is much more capable and more qualified than any middle eastern country to inflict greater damage on its enemy, than its enemy on it. The attacks on Israel were from the populated areas of Gaza. This is where the enemy took a stand, therefore Israel has every right to direct their air attacks where the enemy has concentrated its effort against it.

The Palestinians knew that Israel would eventually retaliate. Why then did they not move their families out of harm's way, is it because Hamas would retaliate against them if they did ?
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By: louis

louis — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:46:59 +0000

I do not think it is the business of anyone in the USA.
We cannot even control what is going on in Afghanistan or Iraq.
More were killed in Afghanistan this year than any year before.
And Iraq is a joke and that isn't published hardly anymore.
We do not need involvement in any thing else in the middle east.
We should get out and let them kill each other it has worked well for over 2000 years.
The Native Americans never even knew about the middle east and the wars that that they fought. They were smart they were not involved in them. They continued to kill each other for 2000 years with out any help from the USA or Bush. So get out and let them go back to the way they were. Those people will never stop killing each other as long as one of them is alive.
If you want to stop war in the middle east you need several well placed nuclear bombs.
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By: kara

kara — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:29:59 +0000

I have seen reports on both sides, none of which supports Hamas. Egypt has placed embargoes and are stopping Palestinians from crossing the border until Hamas returns the rightful rule to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Yet, you don't see Hamas bombing Egypt. Abbas himself has been reported to request Israel to bomb Hamas. In all fairness, I have not nor am I going to read your entire rant but I stand behind Israel, Egypt and any other country that denounces what Hamas is doing...especially the chicken way they hide behind civilians. Typical terrorists activity.
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By: mbush40

mbush40 — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 07:58:59 +0000

I have seen both sides. I'll just ignore the cut and paste rant and answer the question.
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