Thursday, January 08, 2009
White Man Judgeth
"Al Jazeera and other Arab media outlets have grown more objective in reporting in recent years, but when it comes to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, balanced coverage is often outweighed by pathos and narratives of funeral corteges proceeding amid the sounds of explosions." And why is the White Man the judge of what is balanced and objective? And Jeffrey Fleishman thinks that he can present US media coverage as model of "balanced coverage"? And do you notice the new trick of Western media? They write the most hostile articles against Arabs, and they attach the name of a token Arab (a stringer) in order to lend legitimacy by borrowing the native informant.