Friday, July 18, 2008

Double Standards

Once again I find myself impressed that the media will go to great lengths to misjudge. I just read an article about how Obama's going to Israel and security fears are high. Critical advisors feel attempts on his life would be just as appealing to Palestinians as living. Fine. We get it, Israel has some problems. If that's an understatement if you ever saw it.

But on that same page, I see an article about Bush going to Jerusalem. The headline for the article? "Israel makes arrest in alleged plots against Bush". Alleged?

Yes, I know what the word means. But I also know that the word alleged is used anytime someone wants to minimize the possibilities of something really happen, to strike through the credibility of an issue. For example: "So you allegedly murdered this girl"
or "OJ Simpson alleges in his new book that his wife is still alive and he's determined to find out who really was double-murdered in his house that night". The word alleged is a cue for a second guess on authenticity. Now why would a man, President of the United States, aggravator of all, instigator of two wars in none other than Israel's region have an alleged plot to kill him. Why would the media paint this as something someone might make up in collusion with the Bush administration...to feel sympathy? harden his position on terrorism policies? Prove he's right about terrorism?

Then Obama, a man with a security detail who has yet to define a specific threat, gets plastered on the papers as if his life is not only in future of being danger, but has been in the past. I'm at a loss for words. Thank you drudge for continuing to disappoint. Ridiculous.

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