Michael Shaik, from Australians for Palestine, writes in Murdoch’s Australian: In 1973, Ariel Sharon announced his intention to make a “pastrami sandwich” of the Palestinians by building strips of settlements across the West Bank, “so that in 25 years’ time, neither the United Nations, nor the United States, nobody, will be able to tear it…
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The angry voice of a deluded American nation
The rise of Glenn Beck on Fox News is a fascinating American story. He has captured, channeled and created the fear and anger of a paranoid America (this sentiment is wonderfully detailed by Mondoweiss founder Phil Weiss in this New York Magazine essay.) In Salon, Alexander Zaitchik captures Beck’s background: Since launching his talk radio…
Public broadcasting is vital for democracy
Yet more evidence that the general public is far smarter than a self-interested media mogul: Viewers and listeners are rallying around the BBC, according to a Guardian/ICM poll published today. It shows rising levels of trust in the broadcaster and increased public support for the licence fee. The results challenge claims that the BBC’s growth…
The American Republic can only be saved by one man
I don’t care what anybody says; I’m a huge fan of Glenn Beck on Fox News. This is television magic:
Hard to tell whether Obama is like Hitler
In a further sign that anti-Obama forces in the US are going insane, the following comments were made on Fox News by disabled Marine veteran David Hedrick: National Socialism is very much what we see today in this administration, it’s a policy almost line for line. It’s the same economic policy, it’s the same political…
Huckabee is the worst friend Jews could have
Mike Huckabee’s recent visit to Israel and Palestine generated predictable headlines. He certainly didn’t disappoint his Fox News constituents. Helen Freedman, Executive Director of Americans For a Safe Israel, accompanied Huckabee throughout his trip and loved the experience. Her report includes this revealing section: Huckabee’s remarks to the press have been well-recorded, but there were…
Jews who hate Arabs (and the state that backs it)
The reality of Jewish fascism in Israel isn’t a fringe mentality; it’s a growing minority of Jews who despise Arabs and believe Israel is given to us by God. Fat chance. I spent a great deal of time observing these people during my recent visit to Israel and the West Bank. It is a reality…
Poor media mogul sleeps on street
A man with a heart of (less) gold: Rupert Murdoch‘s pay has dropped 28% bringing his earnings down to $19.9m (…£12.1m) from $27.5m, as the recession shreds advertising revenue at his News Corporation empire.
How to hate Arabs and be a host on Fox News
Mike Huckabee’s tour to the Middle East has been a veritable freak-show. Is the man actually calling for the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their own land? Here he is on Fox News talking about his personal Zionist fundamentalism:
Murdoch employee hugs and kisses settlers
Former US presidential candidate and Fox News host Mike Huckabee during a visit to Israel and Palestine sponsored by pro-settler groups: The question is should the Palestinians have a place to call their own? Yes, I have no problem with that. Should it be in the middle of the Jewish homeland? That’s what I think…