Al-Dura and the “Public Secret” of Middle East Journalism
very interesting discussion. let me just say, i’m not as naive or innocent as some readers suspect. i don’t know how bad it is, but i know it’s really bad.
the training ground of this cy-ops has been the arab israeli conflict for a long time (at least 25 years since the first lebanon war). the western MSM, part intimidated, part complicit — has played a devastating role in allowing this to happen, and the eagerness of western audiences for “dirt” on israel has provided the soil for these practices to “take.”
it’s now spread — both the practices (Pallywood) and the results (Jihad) — the world over. iraq, for sure.
the real problem is that we’ll never know how much until we have honest people in the MSM admitting to the situation. as benson suggests the blogosphere will play a major role in this for many reasons.
and until it happens, we will be a blind giant dinosaur getting shredded by velociraptors.
so while i share benson’s “optimism” it’s only because i think things will get much worse before they get better… and as a friend of mine says, “when does pharaoh listen? when it hurts.”
