News Roundup - Hour 2
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2010-06-18/news-roundup-hour-2
Police forces in Ciudad Juarez in March 2009, where much of the recent drug-related violence in the country has occurred.
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Israel says it will ease its blockade of Gaza. New sanctions target Iran's financial and energy sectors. And drug-related violence in Mexico claims hundreds of lives. A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week's top international news stories.
Guests
Tom Gjelten
correspondent, NPR, and author of "Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba: The Biography of a Cause."
David Ignatius
columnist, "The Washington Post;" co-moderator of "PostGlobal" on washingtonpost.com.
Nancy Youssef
Pentagon correspondent, McClatchy newspapers.
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Do not believe Israel.
1. The relief will be short on substance and revised when the spotlight comes off
2. In the next 6 months or less, they will announce 200-15,000 new homes in occupied territory.
3. Also there will be other measures created by described as"reform" or some such on Gaza citizens
Your discussion of Israel was completely one-sided. The soldiers were defending themselves from being beaten to death and boarded the other ships without incident. The flotilla leaders admitted their actions were a provocation rather than a humanitarian effort - Israel offered to take in the supplies. Israel lets through aid every day and the markets are overflowing with food, as journalists have recently reported. The blockade is legal and is intended to stop terrorist attacks, as happened last week. Why doesn't the world condemn Turkey for killing 120 Kurds yesterday? Because it clearly has a double standard when it comes to Israel.
With regard to the identical statistic you mentioned for this Afghan conflict, I remember reading twenty years ago that as many Viet Nam vets had committed suicide as had served in that war. This is a terrible statistic, and I wonder if it reflects an inability for us to receive them back into our culture after the sort of alternate reality that they have experienced.
You got to be kididng Last week they threw bombs into Israel and sent armed frog men to kill israelis especially kill children then they celebrate and give candy to their children to celebrate if they kill a 2 yr old israeli Why Israel does not go in and just wipe out Hamas is beyond me and why they should feed and clothe and house these killers is absurb
You got to be kididng Last week they threw bombs into Israel and sent armed frog men to kill israelis especially kill children then they celebrate and give candy to their children to celebrate if they kill a 2 yr old israeli Why Israel does not go in and just wipe out Hamas is beyond me and why they should feed and clothe and house these killers is absurb
Dear Diane,
One of your guests made a comment related to the drug problem in Mexico, stating that the US should ban ‘assault rifles” to help eliminate the problem. I am appalled that you as a journalist and the host of the show would not challenge that remark. It is not factual. It is part of an Obama propaganda campaign to eliminate all firearms because the President as well as the majority of his cabinet simple do not like firearms or the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution. They are using Calderon as a puppet to speak the “right words” and to plea for a new ban on these so called “assault rifles” during his speech to congress as a part of a calculated process to sway public opinion.
The majority of the guns used in Mexico’s drug wars are weapons stolen or obtained by bribes from the Mexican military. There are also many military grade weapons purchased from other foreign governments. The problem is not weapons from the US. The problem is the drug cartels have so much money that they can bribe anyone they need to bribe in order to obtain what they want or simply pay cash. It is a Mexican corruption problem, which is historically a common Mexican state of affairs.
Why do you not check the real facts when it comes to firearms? I am appalled that anytime there is anything related to firearms and the US 2nd Amendment the journalists never check the facts, and more importantly they allow the anti-gun folks the opportunity to utilize the broadcast media as a platform to push their agenda. The media simply repeats the lies over and over a gain, but never challenges or checks the facts.
The media has become simply an additional tool to be used to promote political agendas, spew propaganda, and misinform the public in order to cause a calculated specific outrage or desired effect. Is there no shame?
Is real journalism dead? Has the media become simply a microphone and amplifier for specific agendas?