News Brief: US Media Laps Up Biden Admin's "Combative Phone Call" PR Game
Added 2021-05-20 12:41:17 +0000 UTCIn this Patreon-only News Brief, we examine the Washington Post, NYTimes, Politico's uncritical reporting parroting anonymous, self-serving claims Biden is super secretly working to stop Israeli bombing of Gaza despite Biden's unwavering public support of Israel at the UN, pledge for more aid, and continued selling of $735 million in weapons.
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Also I tuned into Rachel Maddow for the first time in a LONG time and was pleasantly surprised to hear her mildly criticize Biden’s coziness with the Netanyahu government. My expectations for MSNBC have been set so cynically low, particularly with the endless Russia-baiting of the Trump era, that between Ali Velshi’s takedown of all anti-Palestinian talking points and Maddow, it’s actually begun to feel more aligned with reality. Cynically, I assume that this feeling is because MSNBC has understood that public opinion no longer favors Israel and is trying to get ahead of it
2021-05-20 22:49:29 +0000 UTCListening to this and then the 25th March WaPo Editorial Board Bolivia piece puts a clear thread through this; those two pieces do some of the best work revealing WaPo for the administrative mouthpiece that it is.
2021-05-20 22:45:07 +0000 UTCOMG, how dare Biden stab our allies in the back by suggesting OVER A PHONE Israel tone down a little in the face of an endless onslaught of home-made rockets!
Patrick Link
2021-05-20 16:09:02 +0000 UTC
