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DeSwiss

(27,137 posts) Thu Jul 10, 2014, 08:09 PM Jul 2014

Why Doesn't the Media Care About Dead Palestinians? [View all]

breakingtheset * Published on Jul 9, 2014

Abby Martin remarks on the latest violence in Palestine, including Israeli airstrikes on civilian targets in Gaza.

- Abby, in answer to your query as to ''Why Doesn't the Media Care About Dead Palestinians?'' -- the answer is that ''the media'' is the 1%.

And the 1% makes money and secures its position through the deaths of others......

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Why Doesn't the Media Care About Dead Palestinians? [View all] DeSwiss Jul 2014 OP

There is no "APPAC" to buy the American M$M and Congress. Jackpine Radical Jul 2014 #1

Israel is lucky to have anti-missle defense yeoman6987 Jul 2014 #27

I think the media cater to the 1%, but they are not the 1%. More the handmaidens of the 1% ellenrr Jul 2014 #2

The media are the tools of their owners, who are the .001%. Jackpine Radical Jul 2014 #3

They essentially own both the US mass media and the politicians cprise Jul 2014 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author cerveza_gratis Jul 2014 #4

I'm afraid if you can't make sense of it...... DeSwiss Jul 2014 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author cerveza_gratis Jul 2014 #8

Well good. DeSwiss Jul 2014 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author cerveza_gratis Jul 2014 #10

Here's the other side: DeSwiss Jul 2014 #12

Excellent, DeSwiss...101 courses might ballyhoo Jul 2014 #15

I hear what you're saying about the people WORKING for the media - those who PatrickforO Jul 2014 #20

well-put nt ellenrr Jul 2014 #24

Controlled Media Snoopy 7 Jul 2014 #22

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2014 #5

Damn you Norway!!!! DeSwiss Jul 2014 #7

I think it's more like one Australian American--Rupert Murdoch. tclambert Jul 2014 #11

Because ABC's Diane Sawyer LIED! And the MASSES who WATCH HER...SUCKED IT UP...Here: KoKo Jul 2014 #13

Probably the same reason they don't care about dead Americans. TygrBright Jul 2014 #16

Because God chose the Jews.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2014 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author cerveza_gratis Jul 2014 #26

Okay,...someone SAID it was in a book,......somewhere. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2014 #28

They are poor. The poor do not count. They are fodder. McCamy Taylor Jul 2014 #18

You've got that right. As a nation, America is quite exceptional at two things: PatrickforO Jul 2014 #21

What passes for "analysis" of TPTB in our media cprise Jul 2014 #25

Insanity. Just like the way they reported Iraqis the US military killed. gtar100 Jul 2014 #19

Wasn't it the US that said 'you're with us or against us?' cprise Jul 2014 #23