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| Robert Mackey, "The Lede" blogger |
CAMERA Snapshots..
01 May '13..
Robert Mackey, The New York Times’ “Lede” blogger often utilizes the blog as a platform to promote propaganda against Israel. In fact, he is frequently celebrated and joined by anti-Israel activists. A case in point: when Evyatar Borovsky, a 31-year-old Israeli Jewish civilian and father of five, was slain yesterday by a Palestinian terrorist, Mackey managed to twist this into a condemnation of Israelis.
How does one do this?
A) Find anti-Israel activists to whom to attribute the justification of Palestinian terrorism against Israelis.
B) Make a pretense of condemning the murder while justifying the cause.
C) Quickly turn the focus to the supposed misdeeds of Israelis (using as sources unverified posts and tweets by anti-Israel activists ) and make this the focus of the article.
Following the above formula, Mackey put forth the blog posting's “thesis statement” on the murder of Evyatar Borovsky:
From Palestinians and Israelis who oppose the occupation, though, condemnations of the killing were mixed with calls to pay attention to the broader context — that an Arab community of 2.5 million, living under military rule for 46 years, has been forced to accommodate itself to an influx of hundreds of thousands of Israeli migrants to expanding Jewish-only settlements, which are defended by armed soldiers, officers and civilian guards.
He then turned the column into a prolonged indictment of Israel. Talk about moral inversion.
But try commenting about such moral inversion on The Lede, or for that matter, try posting a supportive comment about Israel on that blog, and see whether your comments are posted or censored.
Link: http://blog.camera.org/archives/2013/05/robert_mackey_moral_inversion_1.html
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