Public Opinion surrounding Middle East affairs tightly controlled by our media overlords

Octavia Nasr, senior mideast editor for CNN, was recently summarily fired for writing positive words about one of Hezbollah’s leaders, the recently passed Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah.

Mrs Nasr Twittered her respectful sentiments after the Sheik’s passing, and this caused her to be fired after 20 years of tenure at CNN. Hezbollah has been portrayed as a terrorist threat to peace and democracy by the US/Israel axis, while in other parts of the world, they are perceived as a militia that defends its sovereignty from Zionist encroachment into their lands.

The late Sheikh Photo:SaidaOnline

Praising a Hezbollah leader in the US media can be likened to praising Fidel Castro as a leader of his people, back in the 60’s. Unfortunately, popular political perspective in the US is still mired the polarizing tendencies that nurtured the Cold War, and so everything is either black or white, and good or evil. Hezbollah is described as decidedly evil in US media, but in other parts of the world they are said to  stand up to Israel and manage to stave off their land grabbing, to some extent, with what little comparative means they posses. In the 80’s the US was praising similar freedom fighters in Afghanistan. The world of international relations  is a confusing place.

So if you are working at CNN, you are indeed working for the Man, and don’t even think of twittering a recognition of the valor of your boss’ enemy. Not only is freedom of speech gone, as this  British news article points out, but so is chivalry. Even during the most reviled times of conflict between the European and the Arab world, such as during the Crusades, there was more respect for the opposing camp. Saladin once sent his own horse to Richard the Lionhearted after seeing the latter fighting on foot. The Arab leader’s only reason was that a king is unfit to fight but on a horse.

To me, this is clear evidence that there is a war being waged on public opinion by exerting a tight control of what is published regarding affairs in the Middle East. If you do not toe the party line, you will be taken out, Mossad-style.  Mrs Nasr, I’d be honored if you could bring your journalistic experience to bear here. We won’t censor or fire you!

Raphael

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