It seems impossible to share these facts without being told (and even feeling myself) like I’m saying there’s a Jewish conspiracy to control the media. And I know that isn’t accurate, but it feels close enough to that.
“Israel lobbyists” are not Jews, they are Zionists, most of whom are not even Jewish. This bloc consists of Jew & Gentile Zionists and the US military-industrial complex. This is a Western settler-colonialist project[1].
I try to point people toward developing real media literacy.
Edit to add: It’s important also to remember that there are non-Zionist Jews and anti-Zionist Jews.
You have to remind yourself that Jewish people are just as negatively affected by this incorrect narrative, if not more. Jews are not a monolyth, and yet they are treated as such in the media. A nation state (if you want to call it that) is not synonymous with Judaism. We are watching an entire, vulnerable culture hijacked by imperial interests and capital with the intent of wiping out another vulnerable culture. Israel and their population is being used as a proxy and a buffer for the rich and powerful within the west to accomplish their goals in the Middle East.
The facts are there, but the way they are presented matters. Yes, Israel is trying to censor our politicians and media in the US. Yes, most Israelis are Jews, but not all Jews are Israeli, and not all Israeli Jews necessarily agree with Israel. Israel is actively breeding Anti-Semitic sentiment by constantly associating their horrific and unlawful actions to the will of Jews. They further endanger Jews by misrepresenting their opposition and protests against them as antisemitetic. It ends up clouding the real rise of antisemitism in the world and causes people to treat it unseriously. They are doing the opposite of keeping Jews safe, and they are endangering them elsewhere in the world.
In regard to controlling the media, the fact of the matter is that we’ve left ourselves vulnerable in the United States by letting anyone limit our free press and government. That includes lobbyists from any country, let alone one that’s actively committing genocide.
Given your comment, I’m sure you know all of this, but others might not.
Replace Jewish with Israeli, or Zionist, and you are 100% accurate about what is happening.
There is no Jewish conspiracy. There is a Zionist conspiracy. Take away Israels antisemitism shield and the allegations make a lot of sense. The problem is that the people Israel tries to shove the blame on have nothing to do with it.
And bad actors will use that feeling (for those that have it) against them, and to call out reporting like this as a conspiracy (that will of course ironically be broadcast through the Rights media network by the very people that have been spreading the real conspiracies from the start).
I’d be reluctant to trust an outlet that has a story about a CIA conspiracy to promote homosexuality on the same page as OP’s titular post. Sadly, lemmy (like reddit) in general, for now, has a pretty low standard when it comes to linked news. That said, the Zionist lobby is very much a real, documented and registered (with lobbyists and think tanks) phenomenon of the anglosphere. The media bias in favour of Israel (in direct contrast to what’s happening in E Europe) is very much a product of the fact that Israel is one of the last bastions of western colonialism and a very useful lightning rod for antagonists in the surrounding countries which allows shipping through the suez canal to be mostly left alone.
The israel lobby controls America through the press.
