Interesting Information Regarding Media Coverage of Important News Items

There could be at least a partial reason for the generally favorable coverage of the Hamas side of the conflict.  But the possiblity should be of real concern to us all.  Hamas intimidation of journalists if they step out of line appears to be serious.  But, that begs the question of why slant in their favor - reporting what they want and how they want it reported is exactly what the intimidation is intended to do.  So the obvious conclusion one can reach is that to the journalists/media getting close to the story is more important than reporting the truth of the story.  Instead the media either wittingly or unwittingly is serving as propaganda agents for Hamas.  It is a real dilemma and one that stateside media should deal with on behalf of the journalists on site and the information provided the public. Quote:  "One reason for this bias, according to May, is Hamas’ intimidation of journalists. May relayed that when one Spanish journalist was asked why TV viewers weren’t seeing more footage of Hamas fighters the reporter responded: “It’s very simple, we did see Hamas people there launching rockets, they were close to our hotel, but if ever we dared pointing our camera on them they would simply shoot at us and kill us.”   And "Aside from the occasional tweet about this censorship journalists haven’t told their viewers about these restrictions that, as documented by the MRC in recent weeks, have clearly swayed American network and cable reporters into making Israel look like the bad guys in the conflict"    http://www.mrc.org/biasalerts/journalists-restricted-hamas-rules-and-its-reflected-their-coverage  

The big three TV media outlets did not find newsworthy the fact that the IRS lied to them, us and Congress.  Despite repeated claims to the contrary Lois Lerner's emails were backed-up after all.  However the mainstream media did not even mention this on any of their broadcasts. Covering it up will not make it go away.  It is truly scandalous that they are not reporting on this and others of the administration's scandals.   http://www.wnd.com/2014/08/abc-cbs-nbc-schooled-on-covering-irs-scandal/

Another example of media making instead of reporting the news.   http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2014/08/selective_character_assassination_by_the_media.html

This item details "misguided, mindless media morality."   http://www.movieguide.org/news-articles/overcoming-misguided-mindless-media-morality.html

George Burns