Three days and 350+ casualties later, it is still hard to find an opinion piece in a major newspaper that is anything but praise for Israel’s pounding of Gaza.
But those selfsame media outlets employ selective (and grossly untrue) reporting when covering the India-Pakistan conflict; reports on India are about a bellicose nation that is mounting its troops along the border with Pakistan, while those about Pakistan are of a peace-loving nation desperately trying to balance its commitment to the United States in the war on terror while having to protect its sovereignty from a bullying neighbor.
While Israel’s right to protect its citizens cannot be denied, it is worth pondering how much more effective its methods are, given the cushion of a well-oiled propaganda machine that India lacks.
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December 31st, 2008 at 1:26 am
These are cold blooded mass murders carried out by a country,which has the blessings of the super power…de jure they wud oppose any acts of terrorism;but de facto they would be the staunch supporters of such cold blooded murders.
December 31st, 2008 at 9:00 am
The moral of the story is Whoever wins the media rules the roost….Another moral is media is predictably biased….
December 31st, 2008 at 1:12 pm
All these nations needs a war/battle to stay afloat and generate funds for their activities. Every one involved in these battle is a winner except the poor bystander.
As a whole south Asian countries lack the media coverage.
December 31st, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Vijay –
Israel has the political will and our system lacks. We only issue warnings, ultimatums and come back to the table for peace talks. Our leaders use the Indo-Pak sentiment for their vote bank politics and they will never take the determined step of hot pursuit.
Shame on our system and leaders and please leave the poor media out for this!
December 23rd, 2009 at 1:45 pm
How can democratic countries like India and Israel deal with unfriendly islamic neighboring countries?
December 23rd, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Note that India and israel have 13% and 16% muslim population respectively. You might also look at how to deal with the muslim anger within these countries and how can they help each other in dealing with terrorism.What do you think?