Friday, May 29, 2009
Who else? CAMERA's Dexter Van Zile takes apart the most recent abomination. Amazing how you can twist history to serve whatever end you want. NatGeo...at least the pictures are good.
In its June 2009 issue, National Geographic demonstrated just how far it is willing to go to scapegoat Israel for suffering in the Middle East. The magazine also showed how far it is willing to go to downplay the role Islam played in contributing to Christianity's decline in the region. In an article written by Don Belt, the magazine's senior editor for foreign affairs, National Geographic portrays the departure of Christians from the
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When National Geographic published a feature that blamed the dwindling numbers of Middle Eastern Christians on the Crusades(!) and Israel, they sure opened a can of worms (may they swallow them all!). I received the following in email from our... Read More
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A lot of really sickening news today.
It's all about who follows the gourd or the shoe!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQqq3e03EBQ&feature=PlayList&p=AE584764C4BEA5C4&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=17
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb_qHP7VaZE
Let's just all get along! Take a lesson from Brian!
As far as I'm concerned, National Geographic's Middle Eastern bias has been on display, consistently, for a good many years. They do try to be subtle about it, but the overall effect is bias as blatant as that of the New York Times -- which never met an anti-Israel argument it didn't like.
For an example of this bias today, read National Geographic's capsule description of Israel. Note that the iconic image given is a Muslim one, and note how many times Israeli occupation is mentioned in just the first two paragraphs.
There are no outright lies here, but the use of loaded language produces a prevading bias that is unmistakable.
respectfully,
Daniel in Brookline