Fateful Triangle

Peace for Galilee509This will teach you to believe the media, Mr. President.You should have known that they are controlled by internationalpetro-dollar consortiums. Now go and put on yourdesk the new picture of the cute little boy who not only hastwo whole arms, but even two whole legs. Each time youare going to look at him, Mr. President, you are going toremember that nobody was killed in this war, no stone wasloosened by it, no children were hurt and no homes weredestroyed. You will recall that not a single family was madehomeless by us; it’s all propaganda. There were just a fewtraffic accidents, some people had heart attacks and acrumbling building happened to collapse because of theweight of the ammunition stored on its roof. There wasnothing else. And next time anyone sends you any nastypicture of a wounded baby, please let us know right away.We will send you by return mail a color photograph of ajolly, healthy child. 266Perhaps if this had been taken as a model for reporting, even the NewRepublic, Commentary, Jane Fonda, and the Anti-Defamation Leaguewould have been satisfied that the menace of anti-Semitism has been atleast partially overcome.7.3 The Israeli MediaThe Israeli media too were the target of attack; from two sources, infact. As we have already seen, military correspondents were bitterlycriticized by soldiers at the front for repeating government lies (seesection 5.2). At home, the media were denounced for the oppositeClassics in Politics: The Fateful TriangleNoam Chomsky