CNN, Pro-Zionist or Just A Censor?
The recent firing of CNN senior editor of Middle East affairs, Octavia Nasr, over a tweet she recently sent, has largely been ignored by US media, and CNN itself.
Nasr, who has been with CNN for twenty years was fired because of this tweet:
"Sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah.. One of Hezbollah's giants I respect a lot.."
Ms. Nasr claims that the cleric was a supporter of women's rights and it was for that reason alone she had stated that she respected him. She excused herself, claiming that she should not have used a forty-word text to describe what she felt. She also claimed that she did not support his violence.
The support of the cleric is admirable if was indeed because of his pro-women's rights' advocacy, but it is not clear, in the tweet, and this was a serious mistake.
While certain papers have tackled the issue, many Zionists have lauded CNN's decision to terminate her. Others have claimed that CNN is anti-Muslim, and yet others have claimed that CNN is indeed a supporter or Israel, and is vehemently pro-Zionist. Many Jews have balked at these exhortations, and angered by these comments, claim that these are the same rhetorical attacks that have been made against Jews for hundreds of years. But this is not the issue. To raise anti-Jewish sentiment is a common Zionist tactic, because they hope it will somehow end the discussion.
The only problem with that claim however, is that there is ample evidence in the media that CNN does indeed consistently censor its own journalists and the Middle East reports that come across its' desk. If you read the Independent's news article below, written as far back as 2001, you will see how CNN responds to its own reporters journalism.
A simple web searched provided me with several links, but I only include one. The article is particularly appalling because it shows just how far CNN is willing to go, effectively distorting relevant information.
The other issues regarding claims that Jews are running the country aren't important. Whether they are in fact anti-Jewish or not, facts are facts. When Eisner took over at Walt Disney studios he formed one of the largest most financially secure industries in the world, so in that sense, at least in the US, a Jew, not Jews, are running Hollywood.
With the merger of ABC Television Network, Eisner also has over 250 TV stations in the US, and has a partnership in several european TV companies. Notes show that Eisner was in charge of Walt Disney Television, Touchstone Television, and Buena Vista Television. They also control several major cable television networks with more than 100 million, including : ESPN (headed by Steven Bornstein), Lifetime Television, and Arts & Entertainment-which includes A&E and the History Channel.
And that is not all, when the ABC purchase was completed in 1995, they became owneer of over 3,000 AM and FM radio stations, several daily newspapers and magazines, and a book publisher, Hyperion Press. 1998 figures show that Eisner and friends had a net worth of $23 billion, and a net income $1.9 billion dollars. Now, I think if I went through and told you who was in charge of a number of these organizations you would find a great number of Jewish men.
In addition, I also remember an American or Canadian documentary where more than 300 American films were discussed. Each of the films in some way portrayed Arabs as terrorists. This is frightening, and given that the filmmaking in America is indeed largely the domain of Jewish American entities, whether they are producers, film makers, producers, or production houses, I think we can say, without being accused of being anti-Jewish, that if anyone is guilty of being anti anything, it would have to be the American film industry, portraying every Arab as bad guys, hook-nosed thieves, and bomb-toting terrorists.
If anyone knows of that film, please send me a comment. For those of you who are interested, please check out the movie Reel Bad Arabs, another documentary.
The more significant fact is that there are huge pro-Zionist movements within the United States. And their are pro-Israeli lobbies. The gathering of Christians United for Israel, a pro-Zionist American evangelical group in Jerusalem last year, and their yearly conference today in Washington, DC, shows just how connected the evangelical-Zionist movement is, and how it shares close ties to Netanyahu and many other Israeli politicians.
Netanyahu, who was present at last year's conference, stated that "Israel had no better friend than America's Christian Zionists". So if Jews aren't helping run the world, then what are they doing? In my opinion, the firing of Nasr at CNN shows an apparent condemnation not of a tweet, but of an ideology it did not feel comfortable with in its own house.
Consistent with its maneuvers to justify the Palestinian genocide—a word CNN would prefer not to use—CNN has taken every chance to censor every piece of middle east journalism that comes across its desk. The pattern is evident.
The evidence of the Zionist conspiracy is everywhere. The loving kindness generated by American evangelicals, however, towards Israel, is self-serving. They worry about the loss of Jerusalem, which the US and other administrations have consistently suggested Israel return to the Palestinians, encouraging Israel to help the Palestinians create a homeland. The relationship is symbiotic: we will help you, and you will help us. The evangelicals regularly donate and invest in settlements, even though our own government officials have asked Israel to cease the settlements.
Now here is a strange sight: right wing Christian evangelicals and Zionists propose that Iran is an "apocalyptic, and genocidal.." terror to Israel. This is exactly what Bush did with his WMDs. Israeli Zionists embrace their Christian brothers, hoping that the evangelicals will explain the perceived threat (read put pressure on) to the Obama administration.
The problem is with this scenario is that the Zionists fail to understand that the views of the American evangelicals are identical to the views espoused by the Iranian president! The only difference is the guy who comes down, out of the clouds!
Pastor John Hagee, and his evangelical group is just one of hundreds of similar end times groups running amok in the United states. As the head of a multimillion dollar movement, Hagee is the author of a book about the apocalypse, and there are many other books out there like that. Statistics show that 43 per cent of Americans believe in an apocalyptic end.
But Hagee and his Christians United for Israel organization are just part of the problem. Hundreds of US groups like the Tennessee based HaYovel, are using tax-exempt donations to help Israeli settlers build new settlements. This, it turns out, is illegal in Israel, so many American Jews and other evangelical groups like CUI and HaYovel are filling in where Israeli's are not permitted. It is no wonder that Palestinian rights groups have been angered by American policy. It is easy to see that it is in fact Americans who are claiming land which was once Palestinian land, and which should dutifully be returned to Palestinians.
When American government organizations are questioned about the dollars that have been invested in Israel, in particular in the settlements, the IRS won't talk. State Department officials have acknowledged that the continued donations by American evangelicals and Jews are legal but are counter-effective to the current Obama policies. Yet, when the Israeli's recently halted the construction of the settlements in order to resume talks with Obama, other US groups including the One Israel Fund and Christian Friends of Israeli Communities immediately raised money so that temporary living quarters could be contructed for the settlers.
If pro-Israeli or Zionist apologists are dismayed that accusations have arisen regarding CNN's pro-Zionist factions, it is only because those individuals remain uninformed, and they simply because they have not seen the evidence does not mean that those who bring the issue to light are anti-Jewish, that kind of statement is the saddest of accusations, and is in fact reverse discrimination, of sorts because it holds that anyone who dares speak out against organized and violent pro-Zionist military actions aimed at killing or decimating the Palestinians is anti-Jewish. It is understandable that this ploy is used, however, because it is becoming increasing more difficult for Zionists and Jews alike to make excuses for the Israeli occupation.
I do not defend Nasr for writing her message, I defend her freedom of speech. She did not write this on her work space, she wrote it on her own personal space. Nasr was a gifted writer and a witness to the atrocities that many of us only see in print, or from our living room couches. She brought a view that was balanced, and she was able to understand the dilemna of a people, the Palestinians, who have been in Palestine since the 3rd century. She was not blind to the atrocities of the varied Israeli occupiers. And she was sometimes willing to speak out against the atrocities, even if they were mere whispers.
The fact that CNN terminated her employment may have violated her freedom of speech and I hope she knows a good lawyer. Whether or not Jews are running CNN is neither here nor there, however, it is clear that CNN has engaged in some rather bizarre behaviour, censoring the work of its own journalists. To that end, Nasr brought more truth in her reports than some of her supervisors wanted her to share with the rest of the world.
Source: Rangdrol.vox.com, July 14 2010
Submitted by andie531 on Sat, 2010-07-24 05:38
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