Well here is an interesting take on Israel-Gaza

Right here read about the claim that the media are obsessing about Gaza while "Ignoring Syria (and Most Everything Else)."


This blog has focused on the Gaza a bit in the past week (and rightfully so), but the media have ignored other important stories, even in the same region.


The authors writes, for example: "I was struck, over the weekend, by the lack of coverage of the Syrian civil war, in which the death count recently passed 170,000. By Sunday night, it had become clear that the weekend in toll in Syria would stand at roughly 700 dead—a larger number, obviously, than the weekend toll in Gaza (and more than the total number of deaths in this latest iteration of the Gaza war to date.)"


Turns out there are in fact bigger stories, even bigger related stories. But as the media pick and choose which to cover and which to ignore, our awareness of the issues is either higher of lower as a result.

FAIR examines media coverage of the Gaza war

In its article, Gaza as 'PR Battle', FAIR reports that: "The three-week Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip ... was accompanied by aggressive public relations strategies intended to improve the assault’s portrayal in international media. 'In the war of the pictures we lose, so you need to correct, explain or balance it in other ways,' said Israeli public affairs official Aviv Shir-On ... In U.S. corporate media, that effort faced little resistance."


The article goes on to examine how the US news media handled the PR efforts of Israel.


Oh, just to be sure you know, this article was from 2009!


That it is happening again is truly amazing (not yet another war there, but the lack of critical coverage in the media, again).

Interesting takes on the Israel-Hamas confrontation you won't see in the mainstream press

Will you see such stories on CNN, Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, etc?


Nope, instead you see stuff like this:

New York Observer

CBS Host: Palestinians Force Israel to Kill Kids

FAIR (blog) ‎- 1 day ago

CBS Host: Palestinians Force Israel to Kill Kids ... As we noted earlier (FAIR Blog, 7/15/14), Schieffer expressed serious concern for Israelis who ...

Not this ...


Gaza myths and facts: what American Jewish leaders won't tell you

9 things the American media isn't telling you about Israel/Palestine Throughout Israel's Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, which began on July 8, it has become increasingly clear that the U.S. media is biased against Palestinians, using selective coverage, skewed opinion, and false balance to offer implicit support to Israel's stance. Alastair Sloan outlines nine things that the American press is not telling you. Save Saved mondoweiss.net Dear Israelis You need to know that your latest onslaught in Gaza guarantees that as a nation, you will be loathed and reviled by growing numbers of people around the world. No, not because you are jewish... Save Saved broadsheet.ie