I'll add that the leftist MSM also still hasn't figured out that most of the people are not embeciles.
Posted on 06/11/2005 10:51:33 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Arab Media: Our Faith, Their Lies
Dr. Khaled Batarfi, kbatarfi@al-madina.com
When the “Voice of Arabs” radio told us triumphantly in the 1960s that Nasser’s Egypt had the strongest army in the region and could throw Israel in the sea if they choose to, we believed. When young, revolutionary, the Libyan President Muammar Qaddafi promised to be the unifier of the Arab world after the death of Nasser, we believed. When Baathists and Arab nationalists carried the “One Arab nation with eternal message” slogan, we believed.
Then came “Alnakbah” (the disaster) of June 5, 1967, when the one army of Israel destroyed not only the “mighty” Egyptian Army but also the Jordanian and Syrian. The Egyptian radio went on with the lies for days. According to the famous anchor Ahmad Said and his colleagues, the Israeli Air Force was losing tens of aircraft daily. This was when most Egyptian jet fighters were destroyed on the ground as though they were sitting ducks. The Egyptian media also claimed that American and British aircraft had joined the Israelis. Needless to say, all were sheer lies.
Many of us knew better afterward. Still, too many continued to believe, even today.
The Arab media kept telling us that all our troubles are due to Zionist conspiracies. They explained to us that we had to prepare for the liberation of Arab occupied lands. Sacrifices had to be made. Freedom, democracy, economic prosperity, good education and all kind of luxuries had to wait. Many believed. Many were skeptical. And as the wait got longer, the prison larger, the civilization gap with the rest of the world wider, more started to get skeptical. Resentment followed.
The new generation, born in a different world, was the most restless. They want to live like their peers in other parts of the world. Satellite TV, the Internet and other modern communication tools gave them an open, unfiltered window. They could see that what they lack others take for granted: Market-oriented training, secured, rewarding jobs, a wife and a home. Some expects even more: Travel, entertainment and (why not?) a car. They resent the military draft. They hate having to serve years in draconic conditions with little or no pay. It feels worse when they see that the rich and powerful can evade it.
The Arab conscious is getting more and more sophisticated and wise. The state media is not. They still sell the same lies and try their best to make us believe them. They want us to believe that some Arab leaders are re-elected because their nations have no better men or women for the job. Arab governments are doing like no other for their people. Our education is the best. Our democratic system is the envy of the world. Security is great not because most Arabs live under police regimes and emergency laws, but because of our wise, strong and honest leaders.
Besides, who said we are poor? Look at Somalia and Liberia and see how lucky we are! Better times are coming. We only need to be patient and work with the government to fight corruption and build a better society. Praise our leaders and pray for them to survive the challenges and win over the enemies and live long enough to get us all into heaven on earth. So don’t listen to the lies our enemies are spreading. Accusation of corruption, lousy management and nepotism are all baseless. Let’s stand together united with our leadership to prove to the envious world that we are truly one, united, strong Arab family.
Then came the Internet and Satellite TV. Then came CNN, BBC and Al-Jazeerah. Others followed and suddenly the truth can’t hide behind the smiley anchors’ faces anymore. The public eye and mind went past the newsroom curtain and the Dear Leader’s portraits to rich sources of information and explanations. So what the media answer would be?
Surprise, surprise! More lies, more going. No one believes? Who cares! There is a whole industry of perception manufacturing. Where would all these people go? How would this entire infrastructure be dismantled? Better leave things as they are, hoping somebody, somewhere still have faith.
Meanwhile, the elite will continue to benefit, the flaws will still be there, and the ship will go on sinking. The people’s knowledge of the truth will grow larger, their patience will get thinner, and the pot will be more and more boiling. The inevitable big bang will happen ... soon enough.
Seeing is believing. One can hope though.
This could be about Boomers who got jobs at CNN, Warner Brothers, and the LA Times.
Sadly, it will only be another belt of explosives around the waist of an uneducated, brain-washed jihadist who expects 72 virgins to meet him on the other side.
Sooner or later, Islam must face up to reality.
How about the Flower Power generation?
Some days I have more hope for them than I do the Boomers.
#6 How about the Flower Power generation?
Some days I have more hope for them than I do the Boomers.
Since you tried so awfully hard to get some attention with this weirdness, thought I'd do my good deed early today. Happy?
No, NOT "soon enough".
Some in the Arab World would paint a picture of America as being ruled by greedy billionaires and "less than devote" Christians. Maybe the masses in the Arab World will see where such a system "truly" exists and demand change.
Seems that the media is the same around the world. They have an agenda and it has nothing to do with telling the truth.
Soon enough is not soon enough!
Then came The Information Age, and fax machines, talk radio, satellite TV, the internet, and other modern communication tools gave the people an open, unfiltered window. They could see the propaganda spewed forth by the "Mainstream Newsmedia" and its so-called "journalists" for what is was.
The consciousness of the people of the West--and the rest of the world as well--is getting more and more sophisticated and wise. The Western "Mainstream Newsmedia" and its so-called "journalists" are not. They still sell the same propaganda, disinformation, and downright frabrications and try their best to make us believe them.
The smiley anchors’ faces can't hide the truth anymore. The public eye and mind went past the newsroom curtain and the Dear Leader’s portraits to rich sources of information and explanations.
And political power shifted dramatically from the power centers of the decadent, corrupt, Marxist, suicidal, anti-American Left to Middle America.
And the Leftist "Mainstream Newsmedia"--a whole industry of perception manufacturing--and its allies, supporters, and enablers in academia, Hollywood, the Democrat Party, and the other Leftist cesspools--don't know what hit them.
I'll add that the leftist MSM also still hasn't figured out that most of the people are not embeciles.
Thanks, TM, I really appreciate that. All I did was paraphrase what Batarfi said.
Right on Savage, but the Newsweak debacle (and virtually anything uttered by Biden for example) shows how the internet can work the other way.
The MSM needs to be cleaned up bigtime! Rather was the first step.
"Then came CNN, BBC and Al-Jazeerah."
And WTF did these do to give us a clearer view of world affairs????
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