Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Media Manipulation and Americas Favoritism of Israel in the Israel-Pal

Im a frequent traveler. When doing regular traveling one gets to compare and contrast disparate cultures on regular basis. Most of these comparisons accept foods, clothes or simple social attributes. Lately however I have to come to realize a sharp and quite disturbing fight in US media. Whenever I have the chance to compare news coverage in the middle-east I respect myself confused and parted. I often find American news coverage, TV and newspapers alike, being bias, especially those covering problems in the Israeli/Palestine conflict. It insurems as if I am watching two different wars. In America I am watching a stronghold power, Israel, fighting the endless terrorism brought by Palestinians. In Europe I see a war between two nations in despair thoroughly trying to fight terror from both sides of the conflict. I consistently find myself wondering(a) American newspapers, as they use overly strong terminology and definitions on top of puzzling omission of essential facts. This p aper was made to research and crush the cause of my questioning while comparing these causes to Europe in order to see if my questioning is justified. I found that because of small groups with pro-Israeli interests dictating this country, U.S government has a wish to manipulate and slant media in order to get accord for their action. The questionable U.S actions include extremely imbalanced aid to the Middle/East conflict, favoring Israel. However, before I could draw any conclusion of a U.S bias I had to analyze whether my accusations for U.S media bias was justified. The manipulation becomes quite evident if one analyzes seven common violations of aim journalism selective omission, misleading definitions and terminology, imbalanced reporting, opin... ...ffairs. 2004.U.S. Aid to Israel Subsidizes a Potent Weapons Exporter. Jim Krane. 2002.Associated Press. 20 June, 2002.The Launching of New International Campain Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi. 2004.EU Social Forum. 20 Oct. 2004. The eldritch Men Behind George W. Bushs War. Michael Lind. 2003 New Statesman. 7 April. 2003. A Costly Friendship. Patrick Seale. 2003The Nation. 21 July, 2003.Pressure on Campus. Paul Findley. 2004.They hardiness to Speak Up. 2004. http//www.ifamericansknew.org/us_ints/pg-campus.html

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