The UK media’s reporting consistently favours Israel to the extent of reflecting UK foreign policy rather than reality, argues Des Freedman  The mainstream media’s coverage of Israel’s bombing of Beirut and its subsequent invasion of Lebanon is straight out of its playbook for how they cover Israel and Palestine more generally.
  • mannycalavera@feddit.ukEnglish
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    2 months ago

    This isn’t isolated to the UK. France, Germany, US, Belgium, Greece, the Netherlands, Australia. You name pretty much any “Western” country and they’re reporting (or not reporting depending how you feel) it like this.

    These countries have a vested interest in Israeli aggression succeeding. They flower up the language when asked but they don’t give a fuck ultimately. You need to change what interests they are vested in. And good luck with that.

    Over the past decade Israel has done deals with it’s neighbours in the region for amicable coexistence. UAE being a big one. The countries it hasn’t done a deal with they are spanking in an armed conflict and overt assassinations that, with the help of US billions and UN cover, they will win.

    The “West” doesn’t want to help and neither does a large swathe of the Middle East.

  • Teknikal@eviltoast.orgEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Not a new thing I’m N Irish and quite often during the “troubles” I’ve witnessed the BBC news outright lie about which side were rioting etc.

    Probably why I barely watch the news but this Israeli thing is worrying because it has the potential to spiral out of control bigtime.