Wednesday, March 3, 2010
I linked below to a Guardian story about the anti-Semitic messages received by the Israeli embassy in Spain. I had linked purely for the news value and not, for once, as a matter of examining the media semiotics. Silly me, this is The Guardian after all. Norm points out:
On the website of the liberal newspaper formerly known as the Guardian, you will find the report of a complaint made by Israel 'after its embassy in Madrid received postcards from nine-year-old schoolchildren accusing it of killing Palestinian babies and waging war for money'. The complaint is about anti-Semitism among other things, and from the report itself it would appear to be well-grounded. In any case, someone at the liberal newspaper formerly known as the Guardian has chosen a pictorial comment on this story and you may judge its suitability for yourself.
Here's my judgement of it. We can score another one for the viewpoint: it may be anti-Semitic, Mum, but that doesn't mean it's altogether bad. (Notice, too, the scare-quotes in the headline.)
I guess I'm so used to such things, I had scanned right past the picture and caption the paper had chosen to illustrate the story.
...it's all about context, baby!
Well, speaking of context, here's some CONTEXT, including photos:
http://www.bicom.org.uk/newsletter-latest-from-bicom/rockets-from-gaza--facts-and-figures
I can’t believe that I read this Guardian article and didn’t notice the piccy, it just goes to show how subliminal the propoganda can be!
You can't make this stuff up! Unbelievable ...
I tend to preface every comment with "Female Genital Mutilating and Homophobic" Arab/Muslim states.........
Just include that brief phrase every single time when talking about the Female Genital Mutilating and Homophobic Arab/Muslim states.