Really? Who lives in the Middle East?
A free society has a combative press that vehemently argues, debates and takes on all comers. A totalitarian society has a bizarre dystopian press whose articles make no sense because they leave out crucial pieces of the puzzle. The degree to which the media is haunted by the ‘elephant in the room’ reflects the degree of political censorship that any kind of reporting now undergoes. Take this bizarre article.
Anti-LGBTQ backlash grows across Middle East, echoing U.S. culture wars – Washington Post
Really? Who lives in the Middle East?
Don’t ask Mohamad El Chamaa who focuses on Turkey, Jordan, and Lebanon without ever mentioning what they have in common. Most of the article is dedicated to Turkey and its dictator, Erdogan, the leader of an Islamist party that took power in order to Islamize Turkey.
You would think that this might be relevant, but it never gets mentioned.
“In Lebanon as well, LGBTQ issues have been seized on by political heavyweights. Hasan Nasrallah, the leader of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia — the country’s most powerful political and military force — claimed in a televised speech in March that the United States was spearheading a campaign to change curriculums around the world to ‘promote a culture of homosexuality in schools and universities.’”
What is ‘Hezbollah’? It means the Party of Allah.
The Washington Post article keeps talking about the Middle East as if accidents of geography explain what’s going on here. It can’t bring itself to mention Islam because the Left is still in denial about the contradiction between their sexual identity politics and their alliance with Islam. So the ‘I’ word never gets mentioned even when the article is talking about Islamic parties.
Anyone who doesn’t believe the media is heavily censored need look no further.
Emilie Green says
I too have noticed this over the years. JIM is always missing,
Jihad
Islam
Muslims
Wellington says
A major reason, even arguably the single greatest reason, why one Western nation after another is in deep demise is because modern Western journalism now inhabits a metaphorical toilet (choose a septic tank if you’re in a rural community) and it is quite content in residing there. WaPo comes to mind and as exampled by this article by Greenfield.
Beto says
No surprise here. I once submitted va post to the NY times about Sinead o Connors hypocrisy for attacking the Catholic Church and then converting to Islam, which is the most mysogynistic religion. It was rejected.
tim gallagher says
Gutless wonders in the media. They are too afraid to mention islam and Muslims because Muslims are such violent creatures and might come after them. So the media often do tip toe around the subject and refuse to mention islam. Just a bunch of gutless wonders who can’t face the truth.
notoislam says
Yes they are “A bunch of gutless wonders who can;t face the TRUTH!>”
Devasur says
As expected of mercenary msm media. Who will sell their family for few pennies unless these scumbags are rooted out nothing will change.