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The sins of the media
Gilead Ini
Published: 28.09.10, 11:07
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1. Very good article.
Terry ,   Eilat - Israel   (09.28.10)
Most of the mainstream media deserves to go out of business. Revenues have been declining steadily as have the numbers of customers. The mainstream media has lost all credibility.
2. :: Pro-Israeli watchdog
Matty Groves ,   Fairport   (09.28.10)
Another self-serving article from CAMERA the self proclaimed “Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America”. In reality CAMERA is nothing more than a propaganda tool for the US Israeli lobby and “Accuracy” is only ever entertained as long as it is “pro-Israel Accuracy”. You will never see CAMERA take issue with any erroneous Palestinian/Arab reporting by media outlets. Thankfully the attempts by CAMERA to impose its own pro-Israeli views on mainstream news media have largely failed for the simple fact that nobody really takes CAMERA seriously.
3. The sin of criticism
David ,   Canberra, Australia   (09.28.10)
Journalists are free to think for themselves and to report on Israel (or anything) as they see fit. This article reflects the idea prominent in Israel that criticism of the Israeli Government is simply the higher religious sin of 'anti-semitism,' the rhetorical name-calling we all in the West are subjected to when a flabbergasted dyed-in-the-wool Israel supporter does not like what others think.
4. A Message to Those Who Respect the Truth
Steve ,   Ra'anana   (09.28.10)
There is no reason to read or support the media mentioned. I have stopped over the years relying on them. Opinion is one thing and facts are another. Each of those presented in the article distorts the truth hopelessly. I can reject and even listen to opinions but when facts are twisted, distorted and falsified then I see no reason to rely on stories about Israel or anything else that these news organizations present.
5. Hijacked!
Max ,   Washington DC   (09.28.10)
Some of the Media in the U.S has been hijacked by supporters of terrorists and they should not be protected by laws which guarantee free speech. Their half truths, bias and out right anti-Israel, anti-semitic articles are published for all to see. Sadly the NY Times no longer prints "all the news thats fit to print" and the Washington Post could be called "Al Jazeera West" for its biased reporting. Planes and Religion are not the only thing the terrorists are hijacking!
6. true
chinamân   (09.28.10)
that applies for a whole lot of media, world wide. worse, smaller news agencies, both on- and offline tend to merely copy from larger companies which can result in even more distorted, strange stories and additional errors, repeatedly presented as the truth. Lies can circulate nearly endless this way; copied, published and presented as the truth, linked over and over again...i'm sick of it. to wish for an end to this is noble, since it's getting worse.
7. great article-so true
Ilana   (09.28.10)
yes, racists are, unfortunately, also allowed freedom of thought,opinion and voice....
8. Gilead Ini great article, dont forget, Hizbollah gives terro
Ken Jurist   (09.28.10)
These sadists actually give Palestinian homicide bombers families who slaughter Israeli civilians 100,000 dollars. This is truly a Satanic Verses Evil people. http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/434 Hizbollah increases pay for suicide attacks from $20,000 to $100,000 after Israel returns terrorists bodies in "goodwill gesture"
9. the problem
eitan ,   texas   (09.28.10)
the problem with folks such as fareed zakaria and others is that they are not jewish and thus do not uphold jewish values of truth and morality and doing good. they only have goals, goals such as exterminating jews or assisting in the goal of exterminating jews, and they work toward them and they do not apologize for them. one thing jews must keep in mind is that a scenario where one side allows itself to do anything it wants while the other has a conscience is imbalanced. a counterweight must be applied, but unfortunately for too long there has been no counterweight.
10. Comical
Mikesailor ,   Miami, FL   (09.28.10)
CAMERA, that well known distorter of any news which is truthful about Israel is now deploring that its hasbara is failing. Priceless.
11. And the good side of all this
Thomas ,   Dixieland USA   (09.28.10)
The Jewish tribal mentality slowly coming to an end. Tribalism meant that we did not recognize the evils in our midst and we ought to protect every scoundrel because he/she was one of us, that is, a member of the "tribe". In the real world being American, French, Jewish or other national have little bearing on their allegiance to their land: there are many haters in every country. It's time to recognize that the chief instigators of the anti-Israeli movement are the Marxist (Communist) Jews in the West. From Berlin to N.Y.C Western Jews still trying to re-engineer the world according to their Utopian socialism - something that the Eastern Bolsheviks Jews failed to achieve. Our deathly enemies aren't the Jihadist only: their enablers are the Chomskies, Haaretzniks, the Red Jews of Hollywood and large section of the American Jewish owned media and academia. We must speak up against those Jews who incite for boycotts and wage civil war just like during the times of Titus and Josephus Flavius. Those Jews once opened the gates for the Romans during the siege of Jerusalem and now they doing the same again.
12. #3 Sin of Criticism
Solomon ,   Bklyn   (09.28.10)
This is called Editorials, Commentary, etc. It is NOT News. News employs Who What Where When etc; Facts. To see a film of an Israeli soldier being knifed and then calling it hearsay is BS.
13. #10.Mikesailer from Miami
Phil ,   PA USA   (09.28.10)
Mikesailer's accusations against CAMERA is a lie. Instead of making a blanket statement charging Camera with distorting coverage that criticizes Israel, I would like to see this person cite specifics. After all, CAMERA does meticulous research and always backs up their opinions with facts. But those are the tactics of people like mikesailer. Make accusations and smear without any proof. If a lie is repeated enough, it is believed. Sadly, there are legitimate reasons to criticize Israel---just like reasons to criticize every nation in the world. However, the Jew-haters and Israel haters don't want to criticize. They want to demonize. Every possible action by Israel is magnified and criticized even before the facts are known. Israel is like the African American men who were judged by all white, KKK juries in the old South. The verdict was known before the evidence was considered. More importantly is the continuing war against Israel and Jewish interests by the supposedly Jewish owners of the NY Times. It is well-known that the NY Times deliberately hid or downplayed evidencwe of the slaughter of the Jews by the nazis because they didn't want to be called a Jewish paper. It's hard to believe that anyone, Jew or Christian, would know about the horrific murder of millions and not do their best to report it on the front page. Evidently, today's owner of the Times continues this tradition of maliciously distorting news about Israel.
14. And the media bias continues....
Ibrahim el-Awal ,   Dearborn, USA   (09.28.10)
Every day like clockwork the New York Times is publishing anti Israel propaganda. Roger Cohen and Nick Kristof are the spearhead. Ethan Bronner made anti Semitic remarks on TV... Cohen, for example, asks Israel to "show character" and freeze construction in settlements. He forgot that Israel showed "character" when Gaza was disengaged and look what happened. But the worse anti Israel bias is coming from Israeli media itself. Haaretz published the study of Margaret Atwood which claimed that Palestinian children in Area C in West Bank are malnurished and sick as if the responsibility for Palestinian children does not rest with Abbas who is flooded with billions of dollars. Certainly the situation in Darfur is by far worse than in the WB. Israeli media has to clean house first before complaining about foreign media. YNET included.
15. Very Pro-Israeli article, US papers biased against bothsides
Bloodyscot ,   Dallas, Texas   (09.28.10)
There is a battle now for US public opinion going on now with very little of it front page, more like page 3 stuff. The Goldstone report, the deaths on the ship and end of freeze have started to really hurt Israel's PR in US, while the ground zero mosque, terrorist tries at attacks and 2 wars have hurt Muslims. Israel's strong attacks on Obama may become the biggest problem for Israel since American rally behind our President when attacked even if we don't always agree with him, we did it for Bush and will now for Obama. US policy has been 2 state solution since 1947 with UN 181 and has not changed.
16. the truth
(09.28.10)
iam a reaser i pay attention to such news as iam a palastinian or iam a jew . but i think the majority of the international media pay attention to a tsunami as the war on gaza the -the lead casts - as they named it .but i think this author did his job profisionaly as a jew or supporter to jews
17. Ah yes
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (09.28.10)
Mr. Plocker offers several examples of the lies issued by the media and two of our resident idiots (Matty the moron and MikeSemen) immediately attack CAMERA without anything to back up their fairy tales. Show us a single example that CAMERA has offered anything but the absolute truth. Go ahead, like all you claims this too will be ignored.
18. israel should throw these propogandists out
avrom ,   bet shemesh   (09.28.10)
they write hate language to incite hatred and violence against Israel
19. One down, more to go
Michael ,   Moscow, USA   (09.28.10)
They will gradually fill the ranks of unemployed like that ‘zhidok’ Jon Klein who was kicked down from the ivory tower of CNN. Good riddance. I’m sure he was the enabler of the ilk such as Farid Zackharia and Christiane Amanpour. Hope they all go down soon following the ratings of CNN. See here: http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/kausfiles/2010/09/24/pajamas-ftw-jon-klein-fired-finally.html And here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10549106
20. Yes, NYT is biased but not like you think
Carla ,   NYC   (09.29.10)
For instance today, they didn't use the word Transfer when covering your FM's disgraceful UN speech. The headline should've read "Israeli FM Advocates Transfer" http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/world/middleeast/29nations.html?hp They also didn't cover the 16 mo old baby Israel GASED recently.
21. To Matty, #2
Howard Immanuelson ,   Dallas, US   (09.29.10)
Did you have anything substantive to say regarding CAMERA, Matty? Or will it be just be the usual ad hominem attacks based on your unwavering hatred of Israel? It's the latter, obviously. Anyone that's read more than a couple of your posts would realize that immediately.
22. #20, you mean the baby that...
Jason ,   Israel   (09.29.10)
Was brought to a protest? The baby was about what? 8 - 12 months old? WHO THE **** BRINGS AN 8 MONTH OLD BABY TO A PROTEST WITH SOLDIERS WITH TEAR GAS? The mother who brought the child got what she deserved for bringing the child there. Bad parenting can get your child killed, and that's what happened. It's her fault.
23. Criticism of YNET will cesor your post
m   (09.29.10)
Yesterday I sent a comment comparing YNET to the western hostile media and voila! my comment was censored. Tsk, tsk, tsk, we are a bit thin skined YNET?
24. To Mr Groves, #2
Paul   (09.30.10)
Mr Groves, go to a horseshop and but blinkers, so you can only see the horse****. If you cannot objectively judge a candid true article, don't pretend you are intelligent! How the **** can the murder of 4 innocent civilians be construed as justified because of West Bank Settlements, of which I myself am against? That does not justify their murder, and the press IS selectively biased in collating its evidence. Too bad you too have fallen patsy to the propaganda, but what can you expect from an anti-Semitic Redneck?
25. re: The sin of criticism
Stephen ,   Laval, QC, Canada   (10.01.10)
journalists may be free to think for themselves, but bold face lying has nothing to do with journalism. There appears to be two standards: what is reported regarding every other nation and that the reports must be truthful, and the other standard that any malicious statement can be made regarding Israel (and Jews) whether or not there is any truth it it.
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