Wednesday, May 16, 2012

"Israel is the lens through which much Western news coverage of the Middle East is framed"

"... Yet here in the West, the Egyptian debate was treated as a second-tier news event. Why?The first reason, I’d speculate, is that political developments in Egypt since Hosni Mubarak’s ouster have been complex, and often marred by violence.....
The second reason Egypt is getting tuned out concerns Israel — the lens through which much Western news coverage of the Middle East is framed...."

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