Ben's Place

Apparently, when Israel is making a bad move, it is being criticized unprecedentedly through media networks around the globe. The negative coverage would sometimes last even more than a few days before it would be removed from the news desk. The various media networks also compete each other who would be the first one to report, and with as many details as possible, without a thorough check of the facts, without any proportions to the scope of the incident and without checking the real intentions (after all, it’s the intention that counts). To show us, the viewers, that the media networks are objective, they would bring defenders for both sides. While this is a little comforting, we – the Israelis, are always left with the taste that they take the other side’s position. Arguable, but difficult to prove.

A few days ago, on January 12th, a powerful earthquake rocked Haiti, killing dozens of thousands, wounding millions and damaging their infrastructure in a catastrophic way.

Israel has done a very impressive gesture to the people of Haiti who have gone through hell and deserve much help and support. Israel sent about 250 people as part of a rescue team and built a field hospital which the United States has yet to build. In addition, Israel has brought advanced equipment coming from the other side of the world to save lives. The United States, which is a neighbor to Haiti, sent a team of 2000 people which is by far the largest one to operate in the area in absolute terms and its efforts are blessed, but Israel relative to its size is by far the largest rescue team to operate in the area.

Why isn’t Israel getting the favorable coverage when deserved? Can Israel do something that will be conceived as positive by the media? Here is a chance for the foreign media networks to show that they are somehow objective in their reports regarding Israel. While the United States efforts are massively being broadcasted proving with no doubt that the topic is very interesting and draws a lot of public attention, the Israeli effort is almost completely left unrecognized. The foreign media simply turns a blind eye on the Israeli effort. Although it may be unsurprising, it clearly unveils the foreign media’s hypocrisy, their non-objective reporting, and the fact that they are being hostile to Israel.

Here’s a short video from CNN, I was able to find after a long search; this video speaks for itself. Nevertheless, note the reporter’s name.