Comments on: ’60 Minutes’ Report on Israeli Air Force Feels Like Propaganda

By: LeaNder

LeaNder — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

The Hitler analogies make me sick and very, very angry.

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

You think that's bad, watch this video: How Jewish Zionist Mike Wallace and the ‘60 Minutes’ team framed Iran--and won an Emmy for it:

http://members.boardhost.com/libtoday/msg/1215641610.html

By: Jim Haygood

Jim Haygood — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

"Simon, who I believe is Jewish, saved his most outrageous stunt for the finale: airing an officer's photograph of Auschwitz."

The real nub of the matter, as it were: Holocaust guilt still being cynically exploited 60-odd years later, to extract exorbitant privilege for Israel, shielded by an ersatz "moral free pass."

When Palestinian victimhood finally gets equal billing with Jewish victimhood, the zionist narrative may be not merely neutralized, but superseded. Not only Israel, but also its bullying pals the US/UK (pronounced "you suck") may find themselves undone.

I'm less interested in the puerile propaganda of the U.S. lapdog media than in its purposes. Usually puff pieces like the "60 Minutes" advertorial serve to burnish the image of the military as good guys, before the "good guys" incinerate some more women and children. "60 Minutes" should do a REAL news story for a change: "When Good Democracies Turn Feral."

By: Tracy

Tracy — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

You nailed it on the head this time. My husband and I watched this and said the same thing. In fact, I was half expecting to see an ad from the Israel Ministry of Tourism at the end of the segment: maybe a nice flyover of the Golan heights, the "Israeli Texas", followed by a happy family noshing on a delicious "Jewish hotdog."

By: James North

James North — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

Bob Simon has in the past done some reasonably balanced reports on Israel; I remember one on the separation wall that did not entirely take the Israeli side. I wonder if this report is not meant as a sop to Israel and its supporters? But if the lobby weren't so powerful, he wouldn't have to kowtow like this.

By: kevin

kevin — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

It's the same as that terrible film by Adam Sandler "Don't Mess With The Zohan" — American liberals get uncomfortable with the occupation… checkpoints, the wall, it's all just a bit too much. But they LOVE to love the Israeli military.

By: stevieb

stevieb — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

I happened to be channel surfing on Sunday when I came upon the 60 minutes propaganda piece.

The funny thing was just after the interviewer began talking about target killings, and immediately after he commented to the IAF troop "you don't look like a killer" the show was cut off - completely in the middle of the interview and was replaced with a long running commercial.

Call me paranoid - but this was up here in Canada and the channel was Global television - owned by the infamous Aspers'.....

By: agog

agog — Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000

In a nutshell, this is the MSM problem. 60 Minutes viewers believe it is serious journalism and their geo/political views are formed accordingly. It is received as hard-hitting, objective reporting and those who buy it become usefully ignorant.

Stevieb, as for the malign, stealth influence of the Aspers’ CanWest media empire in Canada, I fear your suspicions have grounds.

I am curious, though, about the CBC. Do they present a somewhat more neutral position along the lines of the BBC?