: Sorry, but this sounds like the official US policy of
: distancing itself from Israel. The "dutiful"
: American Press is doing its part by biasing its coverage of
: the intifada toward the Palestinians. Has ANYONE here read
: or seen reports that Israelis where firing at rock-throwing
: teenagers from helicopter gunships?

: For reasons connected with my sanity as well as an aversion to
: megadoses of the inane, I don't watch TV. But till someone
: I trust affirms the above assertion I regard it as a
: blatant factual error. And one that fits neatly into the

: Media's "package" designed to drum up sympathy
: for the militarily-overmatched Palestinians.

: What I'm getting is that Israelis are firing rubber-coated
: bullets at the rock-throwers, and using high-powered rounds
: from snipers to disable or kill the ringleaders. The
: gunships are being used against Palestinians firing rifles.

: That sounds to me like a carefully measured response. But the
: print media stories nearly all start with how many
: Palestinians the Israelis killed today, "as clashes
: continued in" Gaza, Jerusalem or the West Bank. The
: bias is subtle, so as not to offend America's large Jewish
: population. But it is there.

: And the ugliest thing about it is that the Media bias actually
: prolongs the conflict. For the conflict is militarily
: pointless for the Palestinians unless seen as a campaign to
: sway world opinion in their favor. The dead kids are just
: fodder for the Evening News.
Oliverhaddo,
Let us be serious for a moment. I take it you are really insinuating with a straight face the media favors the Palestinians? Mr. Haddo, the media has fawned over Israel like a Pavlovian dog for decades. The U.S. media is owned by the Israelis, lock stock and barrel. Journalists who criticize Israel are soon working as newsboys. Our media is nothing but an extension of Israel.
A good example of this was an article that appeared on WorldNetDaily suggesting the fault of children having their eyes shot out with steel balls sprang from their indoctrination as children to dislike Israel. This suggests that if they ran around with olive branches in their hands, the Israelis would stop bulldozing their homes and orchards and not steal their land. Give me a break here.
The world is beginning to see the genocide being carried out in Israel. Even the deaf are beginning to hear.
Why you would not be a T.V. fan is a mystery to me. Your point of view is hammered into unthinking Americans daily by such stalwart news programs such as Captital Gang and the Beltway Boys. Americans do not refer to the media as the New York, Hollywood Axis for nothing.
Hannibal is standing at the gate!