Cutting through Israel's propaganda war in the US
Exhibit 1 - Journalists who ask questions - Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/v/oS2ESHKhBQY
Calling it what it is - terrorism against a civilian population
UK correspondant John Snow interviews Israeli ambassador about Israel's attacks against Palestinians. Notice that in the UK, television journalists don't automatically defer to Israeli government represenatives the way US news people do. Why is that?
Exhibit 2 - Journalists who ask questions - Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/v/w6fn5NZ6LBk
For European eyes only
CNN broadcasts different news in Europe than it does in the US. Why can't we get reporters like this on CNN-US? Instead we get Wolf Blitzer, a former employee of AIPAC, the Israeli War Party's lobby in the US
Exhibit 3 - US citizens who say "NO
http://www.youtube.com/v/z7Z6UQQlnCQ
The US is mortgaging its future to support the criminal activities of a foreign power - why?
Do you think all Americans are uninformed and/or unconcerned about America's relationship with Israel
You would if you watch US TV.
The reality: Millions of Americans are aware that US foreign policy has been hijacked by the Israeli War Party - and they cannot get their voices heard because of US media news censorship
Exhibit 4 - Daily brutality
http://www.youtube.com/v/tW1-_JmXQt0
The Israeli military thought this footage of a routine operation in the Occupied Territories had been destroyed. It wasn't and someone with courage ran it on TV - in Israel. Then, thanks to Canada, it was aired in North America. You will never see it on a US network
Being on the receiving end of this kind of brutality is the norm for Palestinians living in the Occupied Territories
Please share this with your friends and colleagues.
US citizens need two things they're not getting:
Factual reporting on what is going on in the Middle East
Representatives in Congress who represent "
the interests of the United States, not of the Israeli War Party. Thanks
BrassCheck
http://video.google.com/googleplayer...23714384920696
Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East, zeroing in on how structural distortions in U.S. coverage have reinforced false perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.<br><br>This pivotal documentary exposes how the foreign policy interests of American political elites--oil, and a need to have a secure military base in the region, among others--work in combination with Israeli public relations strategies to exercise a powerful influence over how news from the region is reported.
Through the voices of scholars, media critics, peace activists, religious figures, and Middle East experts, Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land carefully analyzes and explains how--through the use of language, framing and context--the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza remains hidden in the news media, and Israeli colonization of the occupied terrorities appears to be a defensive move rather than an offensive one.
The documentary also explores the ways that U.S. journalists, for reasons ranging from intimidation to a lack of thorough investigation, have become complicit in carrying out Israel's PR campaign. At its core, the documentary raises questions about the ethics and role of journalism, and the relationship between media and politics.