We complain about mass media aiding and abetting Palywood myth building. But here is an example of mass media creating a myth without any participation of the Palywood. From Fox news site of October 9, 2010:
As shows Exhibit 1, a “Israeli leader” has driven into Palestinian children.
Wow, one would be inclined to ask, which one of them leaders appears to be a murderous bastard?
Then you click on the link leading to the article. And both Exhibit 2 and Exhibit 3 catch up with you:
Let’s see: Exhibit 2 says:
Settler Leader Drives….
So it’s not an “Israeli leader”, strictly speaking. And then comes the lede – Exhibit 3 and makes that “Settler Leader” kind of even smaller:
The leader of a well-known settler group,…
Yeah, it was a good one, Fox News…
Now you can watch the whole incident recorded by an accidentally (as usual) present video camera, not to mention multiple accidentally present photographers. But I have promised not to mention Palywood…
Cross-posted on SimplyJews
If you presented this to them, they wouldn’t even think they had done anything wrong. It’s like fish not noticing water.
You, on the other hand, they would write off as one of those neocon zionist teabagger whacktards.
It’s the Sixties way of dealing with an opposing argument; point out how evil the other arguer is, and save yourself the bother of dealing with the intellectual concept.
Of course, it’s partly a result of on-line editor lack of attention. Partly…
Looking at the tape, I see that it was an ambush setup with the “children” in front to deliberately be put in danger with adults behind them to throw stones an make videos of the affair.
Absolutely, Sabba Hillel, but I’ve decided to restrain myself to one point only in this post.