War in Gaza: Putting the Prop in Propaganda

November 14, 2012 23:27 by

The Palestinians are putting the prop in propaganda. NPR’s Andy Carvin — a master at fusing journalism and Twitter — sees through the spin games.

I’d embed the video, but it’s rather graphic.

Reminds me of the Green Helmet Guy from the Lebanon War.

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  1. ELI K

    12:04 pm

    Nov 15, 2012

    I want to apologize before all the Western Media’s, complaining about small number of Israeli casualties against the Palestinian side. So, sorry we are not dying enough.

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  2. martin

    1:21 pm

    Nov 15, 2012

    Eli, I agreed with you, sadly 3 Israelis have been reported killed. As usual the media lives in its own dram world without reality, just good old empathy for the Gazans and good old Jew hatred for Israel.

    Israel is using twitter etc. because their spokespeople are so so poorly equiped to speak out. The meekly answer hateful questions. Livni during Cast Lead was excellent. now i note the female Lt Col, knows how to speak. too.

    Israel desperately needs its own satellite news and current affairs channel/ I am tired of writing/decommending this course of action to the Israel FO. Madness

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  3. Andrea Collins

    2:30 am

    Nov 20, 2012

    They accord the dead no dignity whatsoever. This is shameful.

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  4. David - Pro-Palestine and anti-hamas

    10:41 pm

    Dec 15, 2012

    It’s Winter, Buddies. It takes longer for People to even — MOVE ahaha. :)

    in two days, all people will know WHO killed this CHILD:

    HAMAS.

    misfired rocket. OR, this is another case, where it’s EXACTLY the same. I think it’s THAT case of that child which the HAMAS leader went VISITING after the strike of recent?

    I will make the new december section on my site. Will be “almost” the same as the nov section, but this time, with like.-… THE TRUTH: that THAT ONE picture wHERE YOU COULD THINK OH HELL YEA ALSO DA ISRAELIS DO WRONG aahaha oops he mistake that was a MISFIRED HAMAS ROCKET. … misfiring why into a CHILD’S ROOM resp. apartment? why are FAMILIES near MILITARY equipment in GAZA? aha

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  5. David - Pro-Palestine and anti-hamas

    10:48 pm

    Dec 15, 2012

    oh sorry, haha i have to get used to virtually here not anymore be on “diaspora territory”, so forgive me, that I even said “after the [ISRAELI!] STRIKE of recent ” .-

    HAMAS ROCKETS CRASH INTO ISRAEL EVRY SINGLE DAY OF THE YEAR, as I LEARNED since SOME maybe TWO MONTHS, by mySELF, beFORE coming to this very good nice objective place here on HONREP, and THAT is then NEVER mentioned or underlined BIGTIME by the MAIN MEDIA PRESS —

    THE EXACT SAME as with the CHINESE MASSMURDER MONEY ORGANEXCISION COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA against the FALUN GONG who were MASSMURDERED by the china gov under JIANG ZEMIN by FOUR MILLION 1999-2007: Main media BLOCK this ISSUE. they do NOT speak about the FACTS openly!

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