The Australian blog Middle East Reality Check – previous coverage here – dissects yesterday’s column by the Australian’s Greg Sheridan on Israel and the fall of Kevin Rudd. Over to you: The foreign editor of The Australian, Greg (Jerusalem Prize) Sheridan, seems to be suggesting that Australia’s Israel lobby, referred to euphemistically as “some friends…
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When Murdoch blames everything on Clinton
Only the Daily Show nails it: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Blame www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party
Don’t speak to terrorists because we must keep Israel strong
This is how Fox News deals with the Middle East. The Obama administration may be speaking to Hamas. Treason!
Gillard and the Zionist lobby are completely separate (or not)
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is asked on ABC Melbourne radio about a news story today regarding her blind support for Israel and her partner’s job with the Zionist lobby. Even Murdoch columnist Andrew Bolt sees an issue: Gillard said on ABC 774 this morning that as Deputy Prime Minister she excused herself on decisions…
Jon Stewart on what journalists should be asking
And it’s not pissing off the US military and missing “access”: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c McChrystal’s Balls – Honorable Discharge www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party
Reporters must back war, demands Murdoch man
Some journalists, especially in the Murdoch press, see themselves as backers of wars that are invariably “noble”, “important”, “vital” and “about freedom”. So here’s Fox News’ Geraldo Rivera hammering Michael Hastings after his article on Stanley McChrystal: While guesting on The O’Reilly Factor tonight, Geraldo Rivera compared writer Michael Hastings (whose article in Rolling Stone…
Julia Gillard will serve our agendas fine, say Washington and Tel Aviv interests
The elevation of Julia Gillard to position of Australia’s new Prime Minister has been welcomed, indeed blessed, by both the Zionist and American lobbies. Gillard can certainly be relied upon to follow her predecessor’s attitude towards the Jewish state and Washington, namely that independent thought is frowned upon and obedience is the necessary Australian way.…
How Murdoch preaches a menu of restraint and compassion
A handy reminder of the strong ethical bonds inside the American Murdoch empire.
Hating Arabs and getting Murdoch to pay for it
Former Republican Presidential candidate and Fox News host Mike Huckabee loathes Arabs and Palestinians and believes Israel has the right to do what it wants, where it wants. Christian Zionism in action. A New Yorker profile of the man provides an indication of the kind of mindset Rupert Murdoch hires for his “news” channel: Sun…
The Amazon rainforest remains in trouble despite Murdoch’s best efforts
Rupert Murdoch’s Sunday Times is forced to acknowledge that a key story that questioned the validity of climate change was riddled with lies and untruths: The article stated that the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report had included an “unsubstantiated claim” that up to 40% of the Amazon rainforest could be sensitive to…