Comments on: Red Cross ambulance driver killed, world yawns

By: Tumor

Tumor — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 14:23:41 +0000

The overwhelming majority of people these days seem to be more interested in being entertained rather than informed. Whether this is a new development or not, I don’t care to speculate…the point is, the media are giving them exactly what they want. The tired crap about the Jews controlling the media hasn’t been heard in a while because most people in the West still aren’t comfortable showing their antisemitism openly, which is why it takes the much more subtle [hahahaha!] form of attrociously biased reporting vis-à-vis Israel. The reporters aren’t in Darfur because the Jews left Sudan decades ago, so there’s nobody there to feed the media obsession with Jews. Give it time…and I think probably not too much more, and the kind of antisemitism that has become slightly more than commonplace throughout the Arab [and most other Muslim] media will start showing up in the US [and elsewhere] English press. … and when they say “the Jews control the media”, people will be just gullible enough to believe it — with the possible exception of a few bloggers who will dare to point out that the media are the ones saying the worst things about Jews… [Will anyone listen then either?]

By: Moonie

Moonie — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 02:33:20 +0000

Should Israel "invade" Darfur?

By: Bob Smith

Bob Smith — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 22:06:38 +0000

The MSM doesn’t care about Sudanese dead, because they’re only a few hundred thousand Christians (and a few black Muslims, since Arabs are pretty racist too) being slaughtered by Arab Muslims. Nothing to see here.

By: Ros

Ros — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 20:59:09 +0000

http://www.guardian.co.uk/congo/story/0,,1800190,00.html

June 18 the Guardian reports MONUC firing when women and chidren present and giving no warning. (Kazana Congo) Guardian argues that as mortars fell women and children were seen running. Reporter Adian Hartley entered with UN troops after they became concerned that the high on drugs and alcohol Congolese troops entered village and started burning village, nevertheless they stood by and let it happen.

And by the 26th June the UN had done its investigations and

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/06/26/monday/index.html?eref=sitesearch

“UNITED NATIONS (CNN) — A preliminary investigation found that United Nations peacekeeping forces did not fire on civilians or use excessive force in a town in eastern Congo last April as alleged in two British news reports, the U.N. said Monday.”

Again, who cares, wasn’t Israelis and Arabs. Pakistani troops though.
Even if the UN has to concede that MONUC troops troops sexually abused women and children in the Congo, Annan can’t bring himself to claim in great pain what bad guys the UN troops are. He is only overcome with emotion and anger when it is Israelis somewhere in the mix.

And just a little while later Annan was blasting the Israelis. Now the UNHRC is running a special investigation of war crimes by Israel. TheUN troops and the Congolese Army?

The poor chap who died in Darfur, ambulance driver or food aid truck driver, he is certainly entitled to be called “an impartial protector of war’s wounded” as the journalist at The Australian calls Shalin, who almost lost his life. Almost, what does that mean, as it turns out, if Shalin had any injuries, they had healed within a day. If I had a car crash and walked away unscathed it would be bizarre to claim I almost lost my life. Unless of course an Israeli had been driving the other car.

The Red Cross doesn’t even know his name.

By: Birt

Birt — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 16:55:58 +0000

Thanks Meryl. Now, if we could just rely on the “media” to make as quick and as clear corrections…. What a wonderful world it might be.

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 15:19:41 +0000

You’re right, Birt, and I updated the post accordingly.

By: Chuck Schulz

Chuck Schulz — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 14:59:48 +0000

Is there a possibility that this was not an accident? Isn’t there talk of investigating the phony incident? Now the witness is dead? Maybe I’m thinking to hard, but this is weird.

By: Ron Hardin

Ron Hardin — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 14:52:22 +0000

It’s a story line in a soap opera.

What furthers that, gets published.

The media only reports what attracts eyeballs. They sell eyeballs to advertisers.

The aura of seriousness needs ridicule, is all, as does their core audience.

By: Larry McLean

Larry McLean — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 14:47:14 +0000

This is new? Are you saying the Media only started this selective reporting in the last month or so?

They do it all the time on all subjects. It’s the headlines that make the news.

It’s interesting that we’re not hearing the tired old lie “the Jews control the media”. Why is that?

By: Daniel McAndrew

Daniel McAndrew — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 14:40:34 +0000

It isn’t just the media.

The U.N.

What about them? Why won’t they do the right thing?

Instead, they tell the rest of the world – especially those of us in the United Staes – that it is wrong to have firearms for self-defense.

Of all the gall.