A Tad Skewed

The coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict is slanted toward a genocidal terrorist group against a Western-style democracy who is America's closest ally in the Middle East. Virtually every story incorporates the "Israelis claim" or "Israel says" as if the Jewish state herself is inherently dubious. Yet every contention of Hamas is shown to possess authority. There is no skepticism of Hamas reporting huge civilian casualty figures or saying that what Israel told the world was a rocket crew was according to the Palestinians merely a truck transporting oxygen. Why on earth would any sane person transport oxygen during a pitched battle except for military use? Media bias strains credulity on other stories as well. On the ABC Sunday morning fiashow, Katrina Vanden Heuvel berated Bush as the cause of the two great catastrophes America is engulfed in- the financial collapse and the Iraq War. She is factually wrong on both counts. Through the toil and sacrifice of our troops, we have contained the insurgency in Iraq. The market crash was certainly not to Bush's credit, but it was the Congressional Democrats who blocked increased scrutiny and regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac whose collapse triggered the downturn. Ms. Hovel who would certainly make her professors of Marxist Dialectic proud, then went on to describe eight(8) years of "conservative misrule". What was conservative about campaign finance reform, the Kennedy education bill, the Part D prescription entitlement plan, the proposal for comprehensive immigration reform, or what was essentially the nationalisation of banks, insurance companies, and two of the automakers? If Bush had a "D" after his name, his leftward lean would make him a media darling. One thing Bush should never be accused of is being conservative.