> It would only make sense that, being that Israel is bombing the shit > out of the civilian infrastructure of Lebanon hourly, not to mention > seemingly random parts of Beirut (e.g., the Christian areas), that > there would more refugees in Lebanon and that the bigger story would > be there. Not true and not true again. They are not bombings all civilian infrastructure, just the parts that are used by Hezbollah like their TV station, weapons transport airfields, etc. And if your saying that the Christian areas have been bombed, then read a bit more to see exactly what areas and why. If you saying at random, then there's an important piece of information being withheld.
> Yes, Hezbollah is lobbing non-guided rockets into Israel, sometimes > 200 per day, but, to my knowledge, they haven't destroyed much of > anything. Water is still on, power is still on, hospitals are still > up, roads still intact, etc. Just buildings, cars and people. And those rockets are loaded with 5mm ball bearings to act as shrapnel, something banned by international law, but again, not important to the media. But your point is that because they have not killed as many as they wanted, it's all ok. It's not due to lack of trying. "attempted murder is not a story, murder is. 3000 rockets to attempt murder is not a story, only when they actually kill someone...maybe" > Of course none of this takes into account fault, but Dino's point was > "non-statistical lopsidedness". I 'd say is the metric is civilians > dead or infrastructure destroyed, then the story is in Lebanon, not > Israel. yes, in deaths and infrastructure destroyed, the story is mostly in Lebanon, but the media doesn't tell the full story (what's that missile launcher doing under that kids bed?). In refugees the story is in both but only really reported in one (Lebanon). In specific attempts to kill civilians, the story is mostly in Israel. Hezbollah is targeting civilians, Israel is targeting Hezbollah bases, weapons storage, launching posts, etc. BIG difference. But the point is that the media is biased. The point is that the media does not act objectionably about the reports they get. A PERFECT example is this story: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L09888912.htm http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=22036_More_Death_Cult_Propaganda&only Witnesses said that the girl was killed by Israel. Due to the amount of scrutiny that they are under, Reuters posted a retraction: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L10824039.htm But the other sources, such as the various Palestinian and Arab networks, still have the false story as front page news. These are the same networks that passed the story to Reuters in the first place, based on witnesses. The media believes without question until they are challenged. THANK GOD for the bloggers who are forcing the media to be accountable for their reporting! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:213026 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
