The Israeli government bears the responsibility for its crimes. But by giving credibility to the lies and false narratives Israel uses to justify wholesale slaughter we empower not only Israel's willful self-destruction but our own. The press, as happened during the buildup to the Iraq war, was again feckless and gutless. It bent to the will of the powerful. It abandoned its sacred contract with its readers, listeners and viewers to always tell the truth. It chattered about nothing. It obscured the facts. It did this while hundreds of women and children were torn to shreds by iron fragmentation bombs in a flagrant violation of international law. And as it failed it lauded itself for doing "a fair, balanced and complete job."
Chris Hedges' Truthdig column appears Mondays. He is a veteran journalist and the former New York Times Mideast bureau chief.
News and Opinion. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman.
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Chris Hedges' Truthdig column appears Mondays. He is a veteran journalist and the former New York Times Mideast bureau chief.
News and Opinion. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman.
Copyright - 2009 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved.
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