Glad you're here on Substack, Arun (learned that on KPFA's Flashpoints the other day).
In resonance with your analysis:
1) Israel no longer having to contend with body counts of murdered Palestinians reminds me of when the U.S. gov't/military realized that putting the body counts of Vietnamese on the nightly news was, rather than cheering the American public, actually creating revulsion and horror (so they stopped). Tells you something about the mindset of "leaders" vs. that of the public.
2) NPR was horrible the last couple of weeks -- literally just reporting, verbatim and repeatedly, what Netanyahu and his ministers said. Then, when Steve Inskeep (who has successfully held the feet of other dignitaries to the verbal fire in the past) got Netanyahu on the phone (or maybe it was the other way around), Netanyahu just walked all over him, avoiding Inskeep's legit questions in favor of repeating his vile lies against Hamas. Then it was over. Netanyahu 1, NPR 0.
Or maybe they both got a point, in the eyes of their sponsors.
NPR is just horrible. They have been terrible for decades when it comes to U.S. imperialism. A torrent of liberal pablum.
It's pathetic how no corporate media connected the obvious dots in that by bombing hospitals, Israel eliminated the growing horror from the daily Palestinian death toll.
I know/agree. I switched from NPR to Pacifica in 1989. Nonetheless, I listen occasionally, and found this coverage even worse than the baseline to which you refer -- noteworthy.
Glad you're here on Substack, Arun (learned that on KPFA's Flashpoints the other day).
In resonance with your analysis:
1) Israel no longer having to contend with body counts of murdered Palestinians reminds me of when the U.S. gov't/military realized that putting the body counts of Vietnamese on the nightly news was, rather than cheering the American public, actually creating revulsion and horror (so they stopped). Tells you something about the mindset of "leaders" vs. that of the public.
2) NPR was horrible the last couple of weeks -- literally just reporting, verbatim and repeatedly, what Netanyahu and his ministers said. Then, when Steve Inskeep (who has successfully held the feet of other dignitaries to the verbal fire in the past) got Netanyahu on the phone (or maybe it was the other way around), Netanyahu just walked all over him, avoiding Inskeep's legit questions in favor of repeating his vile lies against Hamas. Then it was over. Netanyahu 1, NPR 0.
Or maybe they both got a point, in the eyes of their sponsors.
NPR is just horrible. They have been terrible for decades when it comes to U.S. imperialism. A torrent of liberal pablum.
It's pathetic how no corporate media connected the obvious dots in that by bombing hospitals, Israel eliminated the growing horror from the daily Palestinian death toll.
I know/agree. I switched from NPR to Pacifica in 1989. Nonetheless, I listen occasionally, and found this coverage even worse than the baseline to which you refer -- noteworthy.