Reply #6: I agree that antisemitism/islamophobia

[Mosby]

Has little to do with the absurdly over the top focus the world MSM gives the IPC. Off the top of my head I can think of three reasons that might explain the inordinate focus.

1. Different standards for different countries. Whether we want to admit it or not the MSM holds first world contries to higher standards than third world countries. I'm not convinced that this is entirely wrong but it does result in skewed coverage of world events.
2. The arab/muslim states have perfected the "look over there" tactic. In order to avoid scrutiny of their own pathetic human rights records the arab/muslim states, whether at the UN or through the MSM they have, in solidarity, deliver the same stupid talking points to anyone that will listen (like the notion that Israel is the source of all the problems in the ME). It seems to me that this does work, why else would someone like Gen Patreas make the recent stmts that he did if not for the reason that that is what he is constantly being told by arab leaders.

3. Israel is an open society with virtually unlimited freedom of the press. Let's face it the MSM doesn't do well with presenting news that doesn't include personal narratives. Take the skirmish in lebanon a couple years ago where hundreds of palestinian civilians were killed, after the military bombed the shit out of nar-al-barad refugee camp they closed it to all media and human rights orgs. Without the first person accounts to "drive" the story the MSM didn't want to (or know how to) cover it.