by Steven Salaita, Dissident Voice, December 14th, 2009
The following piece is an excerpt from a talk Salaita gave at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, on December 7, 2009.
I’m starting on the assumption that we’re all aware of Israel’s brutality in the Gaza Strip and that we all find it unconscionable, as does the vast majority of the world. I assume as well that we’re aware of the brutality preceding and following Israel’s military assault nearly a year ago. I’d like to examine how corporate media in the United States presented coverage of Israel’s invasion, and how discourses of justification for Israel are built into the foundation of that coverage.
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Corporate American Media and Israel’s 2008-09 Gaza Invasion
by Steven Salaita, Dissident Voice, December 14th, 2009
The following piece is an excerpt from a talk Salaita gave at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, on December 7, 2009.
I’m starting on the assumption that we’re all aware of Israel’s brutality in the Gaza Strip and that we all find it unconscionable, as does the vast majority of the world. I assume as well that we’re aware of the brutality preceding and following Israel’s military assault nearly a year ago. I’d like to examine how corporate media in the United States presented coverage of Israel’s invasion, and how discourses of justification for Israel are built into the foundation of that coverage.
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Tags: American media, destruction of Gaza, Gazans, Israel’s aggression, Israel’s invasion of Gaza, Israeli colonization, Palestinian children murdered, Palestinians killed, Steven Salaita, United States
This entry was posted on December 15, 2009 at 9:34 am and is filed under Commentary, crime, Gaza, imperialism, Palestine, Uncategorized, USA, war, Zionism., Zionist Israel. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.