The media bias against Israel is ubiquitous throughout the world. There seems to be a bias toward the Arabs, probably because commercials are purchased on a large scale by petroleum-using manufacturers. Ads for plastics, cosmetics, and similar products represent profitable business for the media, and they respond like any business, catering to their best customers. We’ve said all this before, but it certainly isn’t getting any better. This time, CNN looked almost ridiculous, desperately trying to broadcast a war when there was truly little happening in the way of real hostility. The only true action worth reporting was the Israeli response to the murdering of prisoners in Ramallah. They demonstrated their skills to the Palestinians with razor-sharp surgical strikes on the police station where the prisoners were killed, a radio station, and, in effect, Arafat’s front yard. Even the Palestinians could appreciate that they had a formidable enemy—patient but deadly.
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By Levitt Letter Newsletter July 2011
