The American media’s coverage of the current fighting between Israel and the Hamas government of Gaza is a case study in false equivalence. More than 200 Palestinians have died; only one Israeli. Yet they are portrayed as intractable, equivalent foes.
False Equivalence
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication, WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal, a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "The Stringer."
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Don’t forget the Mosul Christians. They were there from the beginning of Christianity. And now they’re gone. The entire community was forced out this weekend by ISIS. An extinction that Hill and Dubya and all the others who cheered us into this war should be given credit for. I wonder what Hillary will say about it, if anyone actually bothers to ask her during the PR tour that her campaign will be.
I wonder if the Pope could take them all in. He’s got a big house. …
It’s funny when you remember that Tariq Aziz is a Christian.
Do Jews from Texas going to fight equate foreign Jihadis?
as an american jew, thank you. đŸ™‚
Palestine is certainly “not even a country” and it never will be as international “law” precludes sovereign countries being able to commit terrorism – regardless of what they physically do.
Which, of course, is why the United States, that apostle of «international ‘law’», never ever commits terrorism….
Henri
The middle east has a lot of things to sort out and we really should just let them sort it out without thinking we, and the way we frame or see the rest of the world, is the most important thing ever