Comments on: Media hypocrisy watch http://www.yourish.com/2005/11/29/375 Cutting straight to the point Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:03:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Alex Bensky http://www.yourish.com/2005/11/29/375/comment-page-1#comment-1095 Alex Bensky Tue, 29 Nov 2005 12:44:56 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=375#comment-1095 There is a practical rleason why the Western media tends to pass this stuff by, although it's more apropos in places like the disputed territories where the media has ongoing interest. It seems to be forgotten, but the reason that the media stopped showing pictures of Palestinians celebrating the 9/11 attacks was that as soon as the Palestinians realized how damaging this was they told the media that their safety "could not be guaranteed" if they continued to show the scenes. The Palestinians make sure that Western media covering them are managed and escorted and reminded that closing off access--at best--is the price of showing what displeases them. The Israelis, meanwhile, are a raucous and open society and finding someone to be critical is never a problem. This goes on in other Arab countries and is one of the reasons why the Israelis have such lousy public relations. There is a practical rleason why the Western media tends to pass this stuff by, although it’s more apropos in places like the disputed territories where the media has ongoing interest.

It seems to be forgotten, but the reason that the media stopped showing pictures of Palestinians celebrating the 9/11 attacks was that as soon as the Palestinians realized how damaging this was they told the media that their safety “could not be guaranteed” if they continued to show the scenes.

The Palestinians make sure that Western media covering them are managed and escorted and reminded that closing off access–at best–is the price of showing what displeases them. The Israelis, meanwhile, are a raucous and open society and finding someone to be critical is never a problem.

This goes on in other Arab countries and is one of the reasons why the Israelis have such lousy public relations.

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