Semantics in the Israel-bashing Media Recent examples of the mainstream media’s word choices and their subtle innuendo have deeply disturbed me. In yesterday’s blog, we rambled about how BBC hijacked a story of an atrocious Arab murder and transformed it into a diatribe on Israel. In one fell swoop, with one stroke of ink, an innocent baby murdered in her crib became a generic settler. A horrific act of murder, of infanticide, became a justified reaction to “illegal occupation.”
War of Words, part I -- "Peace"
War of Words, part I -- "Peace"
War of Words, part I -- "Peace"
Semantics in the Israel-bashing Media Recent examples of the mainstream media’s word choices and their subtle innuendo have deeply disturbed me. In yesterday’s blog, we rambled about how BBC hijacked a story of an atrocious Arab murder and transformed it into a diatribe on Israel. In one fell swoop, with one stroke of ink, an innocent baby murdered in her crib became a generic settler. A horrific act of murder, of infanticide, became a justified reaction to “illegal occupation.”