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Showing posts with label Media Lies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Media Lies. Show all posts

Tuesday, 5 August 2025

Western Media act as Hamas' stooges

Let’s talk about the latest media-fueled fairy tale making the rounds: the claim that Israel is using food as a weapon and deliberately starving Gaza’s civilians. It’s a dangerous narrative that’s been amplified by outlets desperate to push their anti-Israel agenda — and the sad part is, it’s working.

Here’s the kicker: it’s all false.

If you watched the YouTube video “Inside the IDF ‘Aid Massacre’ That Never Happened”, you’ll know the media has spun this narrative into an absolute lie. The premise? Israel intentionally blocked food aid to Gaza, using hunger as a tactical weapon in their ongoing war with Hamas. The evidence? None.

What the media won’t tell you is that Israel has been actively facilitating humanitarian aid to Gaza. They’ve allowed food convoys through, opened crossings, and even provided medical supplies. But here’s the part they leave out: Hamas — the terrorist regime running Gaza — has been hoarding and rerouting the aid to fund their war effort. Instead of distributing food to the population, Hamas is stockpiling it to maintain control. They've even been caught selling supplies to fund their terrorist activities.

The truth is simple: Israel is not starving Gaza's civilians. Hamas, on the other hand, is starving them of the basics of life to maintain its control and propaganda war against Israel.

In the video, IDF officers explain how their military is going to great lengths to avoid civilian casualties. They’ve been dropping leaflets, sending text messages, and even calling civilians to warn them of upcoming strikes. But the media doesn’t want to talk about that. Instead, they’d rather amplify Hamas's cries of starvation, which only serve to distract from the real issue: Hamas's use of human shields and its exploitation of its own people.

When the media repeats this false narrative without providing the full context, they become complicit in spreading propaganda. They don't care about the truth; they care about the story that fits their agenda. It’s all part of the campaign to delegitimise Israel and paint it as the bad guy, no matter the cost.

Let’s be clear: the truth is out there, and it's getting buried by the very people who should be reporting it. If you want the whole story — the one the media doesn't want you to hear — watch the video, dig deeper, and think critically about what you're being told.

Hamas is using food as a weapon, not Israel. And until we stop letting the media manipulate us with lies, the cycle will just continue.

Here is one of the video's exposing the facts.




Monday, 16 June 2025

Lies, Damn Lies and our MSM

I almost feel guilty pointing out the same issues post after post. Yes, I am criticising the MSM (Main Stream Media) again. No surprise that much of the MSM is left-leaning. Sometimes we can adjust for the known bias. If we see any article about Israel in the NY Times, we can completely discount what they say. They not only always take a view that is critical of Israel, but also, too often, they simply print lies. Even when this is pointed out later, they will take no steps to correct the lies. 

Consider the case where a misdirected rocket fired from Gaza towards Israel fell short onto a hospital parking lot, killing many people. Hamas claimed Israel had bombed the hospital, killing some 500 people. All are simply anti-Israel propaganda. You guessed it, most MSM printed the propaganda as fact. When the truth was discovered, most of the media printed retractions, pretty weak ones, but of course not the NY Times.

But that is not my focus today. Today it is about the LA riots. The anti-Trump MSM, together with the Democrats, have tried to portray these riots as 'mainly peaceful'. That description is, of course, now infamous after we experienced the summer of love in 2020 with mainly peaceful demonstrations, causing the destruction of billions in property, looting, fires, and even deaths. All mainly peaceful.

Thankfully the LA riots have not been allowed to get out of hand. After what happened in 2020 Donald Trump was not going to allow these riots to continue without direct and forecful action. He called out the National Guard and sure enough the LA police also started doing their jobs. 

The media, however, was once again at their worst. Instead of reporting the facts, they acted like cheerleaders for the rioters.  If only there could be some way to punish the media for inciting illegality. But I note that with some hesitation, as I know what would happen if Congress were tasked with framing such a law. No, the better way is to enforce the laws as they stand. 

Dr Phil presents an enlightening perspective on how the media handled the LA Riots.