And I'm Not Talking Fox, I'm Talking The Good Old BBC

[poliphilo]

Sharon is "fighting for his life"- that's the reigning cliche. But how do they know? Sharon is in a coma; he's not doing anything- and if he is, it isn't visible to bystanders and certainly not to Our Special Reporter Camped Outside The Hospital (poor sod) or his Anchor. Maybe Sharon is longing to just get on with it and pay the ferryman and is furious with the doctors who are holding him back.

I don't know if the standard is getting worse or it's just that I've tumbled to their tricks, but I'm always catching myself shouting at the newscasters these days.

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Re: I checked a few of my links and found...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

"Clinging", "fighting"- there's a very big difference there.

More Jews? I really don't know. But there is a difference in perspective. The British establishment inclines to greater sympathy with the Palestinians than yours does.

And the British public has never been encouraged to like Sharon.

Re: I checked a few of my links and found...

[jubal51394.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm not sure whether we have been encouraged to like him or not. I'm kind of resistent to such things. I suspect that we have though. Mostly, I think, that we have definitely been encouraged to want peace in Israel and see him one who is working toward that goal and capable of accomplishing it. I do suspect that has something to do with the number of American Jews.

Re: I checked a few of my links and found...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

The message I've been getting from the British media is that Sharon has been a lifelong obstacle to peace. I don't know enough about the complexities of the situation to know which angle is closer to the truth.

Ah well.....

Re: I checked a few of my links and found...

[jubal51394.livejournal.com]

I think we were led to believe that too, until he withdrew from Gaza. No one ever expected that and we Yanks, collectively, decided to give him the benefit of the doubt at that point.

Maybe he just mellowed with age? We are now worried that this sudden little step toward peace he took will be a quick step backward the minute he dies.

(My point of view is most likely tainted by media biases here too, though I do check out each point of view and try to sort out the bull from the truth, and my POV is probably the average here.)

Re: I checked a few of my links and found...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Mellowed or maybe decided it was time for a little realism.

Or maybe he was leaned on- heavily- by the guy in the White House.

Oh! NOW we ARE in trouble!

[jubal51394.livejournal.com]

Anything that depends on the guy in the White House... is a total crap shoot!