U.S. Media on the Conflict

After watching the movie Peace, Propaganda and The Promised Land I find it hard to really believe anything you see on the American news stations. It seems that all the news outlets from within the United States are influenced by Israel, even the largest stations like ABC, NBC, etc. These stories are being spun by Israeli influence and change how we perceive the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. This influence ensures that American journalists are sympathetic with Israel and their actions. It almost seems pointless to watch American news because its not really truth when its so out of context. It’s like your not watching the news, but a sitcom with a written story, the Israeli story. How is it journalism when it’s not the full truth? For instance whenever there is a conflict its always a Palestinian attack and an Israeli retaliation. Its almost funny how it can be considered retaliation even when Israel is occupying these territories. So how is that retaliation? Another instance is when Palestinians attack in Israeli territory it’s a terrorist attack but when Israelis occupy Gaza and the West Bank its not. Only because Israeli troops are doing the attacking its not terrorism? It seems it could be classified as governmental terrorism. It’s the censorship in the United States that hinders how these stories are being told. I think the journalists in the film are correct when the voices are not being heard and the harsh pictures are not being shown. Maybe then will people who are not involved really feel the severity of this conflict? Unfortunately I don’t see the American press changing its ways because of all of the companies and politicians that have control over the distribution and content in the media.