A couple weeks ago, I responded to a hate-filled article by Cal Thomas in the Hartford Courant. Thomas is a one of the Zionists that is given free space to spread their Islamophobia throughout America. The Courant, is a small branch of the giant multi-media Tribune Company, headed by Sam Zell, the multi-billionaire who has said that
“All that matters is the bottom line….”
When money is all that matters in the media business, an honest and free press is a casualty. What follows is a slightly larger version of the letter that was not published.
Thomas, 4/11/14, claims
“Time To Stop Trusting Palestinian Double Talk.”
Thomas ridicules Secretary Kerry and blames all problems with the “peace process” on Palestinians--they only want “the destruction of Israel, which they believe is their divine mandate.” Never mind that in 1993, the PLO recognizing Israel's right to exist in peace, accepted UN Security Council resolutions 242 and 338.
Israel’s refusal to release prisoners as was promised, and their announcement of the construction of 700 new settlement units is ignored. Since the Oslo Accords, Jewish settlers have doubled to 650,000. Thomas offers quotes from the Middle East Media and Research Institute, that he calls a “non-profit press.” By claiming to be independent, MEMRI, a large Zionist propaganda mill avoids paying taxes.
In Selective Memri, The Guardian (8/12/12), Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said that, "Memri's intent is to find the worst possible quotes from the Muslim world and disseminate them as widely as possible.”
The MEMRI staff reads and translate thousands of articles, but they selectively publish and translate only those very few that negatively impacts Arabs and Muslims.
All politicians in Washington along with the corporate media are sent copies of this extremely distorted view of the Arabic world. For racist war-loving politicians and talking heads this gives them unending talking points that insures a terribly misinformed America. Goebbels would be proud.
Hence, the war on Iraq and other mideast tragedies--and the current media distortions about all news from Ukraine.
White is black, the world is flat, and one plus one equals three. The only thing that matters is the bottom line.