Wednesday, August 13, 2014
"How the specious concept of ‘proportionality’ became code for Israel-bashing"
Clearly, the media covers the killing of civilians inconsistently.
This writer points out the shortcomings...
This writer points out the shortcomings...
Here's one paragraph from Rex Murphy's article in the National Post:
"Even more murderous than ISIS, perhaps, is Syria’s Bashar Assad, who has been conducting a mass-murder campaign against his own citizens. Conservative estimates put the number of dead at almost 200,000 — the Gaza war multiplied by more than a hundred, in other words. Has Assad been arraigned by the world’s judges for his lack of 'proportionality?' Do reporters ask questions even remotely like those that are routinely asked of Israel’s leaders? Other conflicts rage, are more bloodly, see civilians deliberately and mercilessly hounded and murdered, yet this standard of proportionality never seems to make an appearance."
