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The US mainstream media is constantly being manipulated by many a special interest group and are also extremely sensitive to anything that may affect their bott

The US mainstream media is constantly being manipulated by many a special interest group and are also extremely sensitive to anything that may affect their bottom line (e.g. the massive display of cowardice most mainstream media outlet put on during the mohamed danish cartoon affair [1] [2]) The fact that pro-israel interest groups are playing this game as well is nothing special. They might be playing the game a little better than others, but in general: move along, nothing to see here. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_cartoons_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyllands-Posten_Muhammad_carto... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_OR3b-97Ds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_OR3b-97Ds

jjgreen 6y ago
This is all fine; I'm OK with the events that are unfolding currently.
justwalt 6y ago
Should we not criticize that this is taking place? Two bad things are happening, so let’s ignore them both?
- ur-whale 6y ago
  All I'm saying is you're making a fuss about the symptoms and ignoring the actual disease. What you need to criticize is the root cause of the problem, of which pro-israel group media interference is but one manifestation.
SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
It's not an unprecedented situation, but I think it's important to keep ourselves aware of all the specific things which news outlets won't print. Otherwise you'll get a systematically biased view of the world. (And I don't want to get into the actual debate here, but I feel I could be misinterpreted if I don't note that I'm saying this as someone who's generally pretty friendly to Israel.)