You Can't Escape it so Embrace it

During the Israeli operations in Gaza earlier this year I was speaking with a friend about how the newspapers have covered it. My friend thought that reading the European newspapers would give him an unbiased opinion compared to the American media. Of course, this is just not true. People think that media outlets like the BBC are completely unbiased because they are ran by the state, but they actually are. Instead, people are receiving biased news believing it to be unbiased. Just like the issue with Media Matters being biased, so are the international newspapers. Even if they may not be biased, there is no way to know if they are or not.

Instead, I told my friend a better idea. Why not read both the Israeli news and the Arab news? This way you get the story from both sides, with biases right out in the open. You can’t be tricked, you know straight up that Israeli news will support Israel while Arab news will support the Palestinians. Piece it all together yourself, and look through all the b.s. they provide. This is the way to avoid the bias and brainwashing of media in general. Be critical, but don’t be ignorant like they have been. Listen to both what the conservatives say, and the liberals.