The Increasing Problem With the Misinformed

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2. He proved his own premise

by lumping Israel, which has a generally free press and a liberal Supreme Court that regularly upholds civil rights with Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Turkey. Freedom House would beg to differ in the analysis. Israel, while having issues with military censorship and Sheldon Adelson ( and who doesn't?) is described as having a robust press. Iran, Turkey and Saudi Arabia are clearly described as being Not Free. Call Netanyahu an idiot in press and nothing will happen. This is a classic example of misinformation that crosses the line from informed critique into the classic dog whistle of antisemitism. If you criticize three Muslim states, you must then balance it by showing the Jewish state is just as bad. Except it factually isn't, though there are plenty of Christian, Muslim, Buddhist and atheist states that are not free and among the worst places for freedom in the world (looking at you, North Korea!). The author himself failed to get precisely the type of information that he mentioned in his article.


https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/freedom-world-2015#.V1CmKfRHanN