Biais

CNN is at it again: choosing its words and images carefully to remain safely well within the officially accepted and sanctioned storyline: Israel is reacting to provocation -- perhaps a bit heavy-handedly -- but reacting all the same. [PMWatch.org, via Sabbah's]

Has CNN gotten to the point where it won't report pertinent facts that are essential to putting a story in context? Facts that certainly would have helped viewers understand some of the international criticism Israel was coming under for what the European Union called a "disproportionate" military response to the conflict at hand. [The Huffington Post]

Essayez par vous-mêmes, allez sur la page du Middle East sur CNN.com et essayez de trouver le nombre de morts libanais. Difficile, hien !
Je peux à la limite comprendre le biais de CNN quand l'Amérique est en guerre, mais pourqoi prendre le parti d'Israël ? L'explication se trouve fort probablementvers la fin 2000 quand certains groupes juifs américains on lancé une campagne de boycott contre CNN par. Une campagne efficace qui avait bien porté ses fruits à l'époque :

The CNN representatives expressed concern at the meeting about reports of American Jews selling off stock in the parent company, Time-Warner, in protest over the network's coverage of the current crisis.
Jewish leaders in the US said they were having some success in convincing CNN to change its reportage on the conflict.
In an effort to mollify critics, CNN recently stopped airing reports from correspondent Rula Amin in Gaza and ceased referring to the Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo as a "settlement." [acj.org]