Israel: We’re Waving Our Own Knives
ISRAELI soldiers raid a “peace boat” called Marvi Mamara. People die. The world’s media reacts by declaring that beating up armed soldiers in a war zone and then being amazed and outraged that they shoot you is unacceptable.
Humanitarians in Hamas, vested interest groups and jihadi sailors – what Israel may call “the enemy”- are displeased.
The BBC and all news agencies make Israel the lead news item – what news of South America, Kashmir, China, Tibet, sub-Saharan Africa, Iran, Yemen and other enlightened places, all deemed too hard to reach, too costly to report on and too tricky to get a simple goody-baddy story out of?
Does the media make matters worse in a war zone? Does the picture skew the facts?
Live from a nice cafe in Israel, our intrepid reporter presses f9 on his keyboard and looks at the bloodshed:
On the love boat:
Posted: 4th, June 2010 | In: Reviews Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
