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The Reporting of Iraq and Israel: An Abuse of Media Power
(melaniephillips.com) Melanie Phillips - Britain is gripped by an unprecedented degree of irrationality, prejudice, and hysteria over the issues of Iraq, the terrorist jihad, and Israel, because all three have been systematically misreported, distorted, and misrepresented through a lethal combination of profound ignorance, political malice, and ancient prejudices. This systematic abuse by the media is having a devastating impact in weakening the ability of the West to defend itself against the unprecedented mortal threat that it faces from the Islamic jihad. Logic and morality have been stood on their heads. Victims are portrayed as oppressors, while mass murderers have to be understood and sympathized with.