January 16, 2009
Is the media losing the credibility war?
Andrew Lee Butters, a member of the "terror troika" of Time Magazine wrote an essay titled, Is Israel losing the media war in Gaza? Asking the question means, of course, that he believes the answer is "yes."
But here's a different question. Is the media losing the credibility war? Looking at poll numbers we see that a majority of Americans still support Israel by a ration of better than 3 to 1. The only political group that overall didn't support Israel are Democrats, and they, as a group are predisposed to accept what they read in the MSM uncritically. Outside of Democrats, independents and Republicans, overall support Israel. So the MSM isn't exactly winning lots of converts with its advocacy of Hamas.
Whether it's the outright cheerleading for Hamas at Time magazine or the more subtle "Israel is right to defend its citizens but we wonder if it's counterproductive" approach at the Washington Post, the idea that Israel should have to justify its self-defense is outrageous.
When you pretend that everything Israel does helps Hamas, condemn Israel for the lawful use of a weapon, accept dubious casualty figures unquestioningly, ignore or play down terrorists using mosques or UN buildings or Hamas looting an aid caravan, it's no wonder that people think that an average Joe could do a better job of covering the story than you do.
Crossposted on Yourish.
Posted by SoccerDad at January 16, 2009 6:19 AM
Hezbollah in passive voice
A cynical and mistrusted offer
Wapo: peace process succeeding because of the great work of the administration
Council speak 100610
Nyt: peace process failing despite the great work of the administration
Do we have enough regulations yet?
Iranian General: "US, Mossad played roles in 9/11 event"
Absolving arafat, ten years later
Rahm can't run? antisemites!
The politics of peace
I hope this letter finds you well.
With the war in Gaza raging on, I have a great story for you � your readers will want to hear about this.
On Thursday morning, I met with Michael Fenenbock, a veteran political consultant (Robert Kennedy!) and founder of �the18� (www.the18.org). He and his wife, Daphne, made a lightning visit to the Gaza war zone this past Wednesday to interact with IDF troops near the front. The area he reached is unreachable to the International Press. He said that the soldiers looked confident and in high spirits (�not like during the Lebanon War�) and felt that they had everything they needed to get the job done. They had every intention of �finishing it� � ending this conflict for good.
I would be more than happy to forward his full account of the experience to you.
You can view his pictures from the experience here: http://picasaweb.google.com/daphne325/Selects?authkey=AnsPBN8hU6E&feat=directlink#
Please let me know if you will be able to post this story on your blog. Also, do you know of anyone who would be interested in interviewing Michael on TV or radio?
I look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks,
Elie
Elie Klein
Account Executive
Ruder Finn Israel
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palestinian violence is in the service of what the world regards as a legitimate purpose, to end the occupation; israeli violence is in the service of a illegitimate one, its perpetuation
Posted by: sass at September 9, 2009 11:32 PM