Comments on: Are the Spanish media really obsessed with Israel? http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2008/04/27/are-the-spanish-media-really-obsessed-with-israel/ anythingarian bubbles and troubles from the land of the fretting nun Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:20:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Tom http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2008/04/27/are-the-spanish-media-really-obsessed-with-israel/#comment-142091 Tom Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:09:15 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/?p=7770#comment-142091 Is it anti-Semitic to call a Palestinian a Semite? boynamedsue - you're right of course. The only reason I bang on about stories like that is that deep down inside I love terror and hate freedom. Is it anti-Semitic to call a Palestinian a Semite?

boynamedsue - you’re right of course. The only reason I bang on about stories like that is that deep down inside I love terror and hate freedom.

]]> By: boynamedsue http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2008/04/27/are-the-spanish-media-really-obsessed-with-israel/#comment-142080 boynamedsue Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:47:19 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/?p=7770#comment-142080 Stop being anti-semitic Tom. We all know that Palestinian casualties are either terrorists or unfortunate accidents. Although 10 Palestinians die for every Israeli in the middle east conflict, if accidents and terrorists are removed from the statistics, the ratio is more like 0/1. Stop being anti-semitic Tom. We all know that Palestinian casualties are either terrorists or unfortunate accidents.

Although 10 Palestinians die for every Israeli in the middle east conflict, if accidents and terrorists are removed from the statistics, the ratio is more like 0/1.

]]> By: Tom http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2008/04/27/are-the-spanish-media-really-obsessed-with-israel/#comment-142068 Tom Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:22:51 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/?p=7770#comment-142068 I mean why the hell do we have to hear about stories like this (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7370502.stm)... do people really care about women and children being killed indiscriminately anymore? "bet the kids had rockets anyway". I mean why the hell do we have to hear about stories like this (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7370502.stm)… do people really care about women and children being killed indiscriminately anymore?

“bet the kids had rockets anyway”.

]]> By: Trevor ap Simon http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2008/04/27/are-the-spanish-media-really-obsessed-with-israel/#comment-142042 Trevor ap Simon Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:04:24 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/?p=7770#comment-142042 In a Western European context, I don't think John or the institute will find any quantitative comparative data to back up claims of a Spanish or even a French obsession. As you say, Israel is much more newsworthy. Greece and Turkey haven't seriously thought about going to war for a very long time, and even if they did we'd still get our oil. No one cares in the slightest about Egypt unless Sarkozy takes his missus there or some tourists go straight to heaven without any advance warning. In a Western European context, I don’t think John or the institute will find any quantitative comparative data to back up claims of a Spanish or even a French obsession. As you say, Israel is much more newsworthy. Greece and Turkey haven’t seriously thought about going to war for a very long time, and even if they did we’d still get our oil. No one cares in the slightest about Egypt unless Sarkozy takes his missus there or some tourists go straight to heaven without any advance warning.

]]> By: boynamedsue http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2008/04/27/are-the-spanish-media-really-obsessed-with-israel/#comment-142040 boynamedsue Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:55:33 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/?p=7770#comment-142040 Might it be that more newsworthy things happen in Israel than Egypt/Turkey/Greece? Might it be that more newsworthy things happen in Israel than Egypt/Turkey/Greece?

]]> By: Trevor ap Simon http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2008/04/27/are-the-spanish-media-really-obsessed-with-israel/#comment-142002 Trevor ap Simon Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:59:26 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/?p=7770#comment-142002 And there I was I was thinking this was a blog where no one apologises for anything unless insincere or drunk And there I was I was thinking this was a blog where no one apologises for anything unless insincere or drunk

]]> By: Tom http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2008/04/27/are-the-spanish-media-really-obsessed-with-israel/#comment-142001 Tom Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:54:12 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/?p=7770#comment-142001 Sorry, Trevor. Sorry, Trevor.

]]> By: Trevor ap Simon http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2008/04/27/are-the-spanish-media-really-obsessed-with-israel/#comment-141997 Trevor ap Simon Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:20:06 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/?p=7770#comment-141997 People, please don't let this become a social networking thing People, please don’t let this become a social networking thing

]]> By: Tom http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2008/04/27/are-the-spanish-media-really-obsessed-with-israel/#comment-141996 Tom Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:49:25 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/?p=7770#comment-141996 This is classic John Chappell: nice work on the research, but I'll maintain my incorrect position. John - if you're still upset about my Rubianes quote , you need to grow up. I'm sure your mother isn't a prostitute (not that there's anything wrong with that) and besides, I have already apologised for offending you and I removed the piece from my blog because I didn't want to cause anyone hurt. It was a bad joke, I'm sorry, please forgive me. In fact, I've emailed you on numerous occasions in order to help you with your website's design and for various other things. You still haven't replied. I often sit here for hours on end, waiting for my Gmail notification tool to tell me that you've written back, but to no avail. I shan't kiss your rude ass in the Plaza San Jaime (that was a bit too anatomical for my liking), but I will make a donation of €10 to the socialist charity of your choosing, as a sign of my contrition. (By the way, my quick Google research finds the 'son of a bitch' insult, the natural equivalent of 'hijo de puta' used several times on Iberian Notes. The message stays the same, John: Can't have it both ways). This is classic John Chappell: nice work on the research, but I’ll maintain my incorrect position.

John - if you’re still upset about my Rubianes quote , you need to grow up. I’m sure your mother isn’t a prostitute (not that there’s anything wrong with that) and besides, I have already apologised for offending you and I removed the piece from my blog because I didn’t want to cause anyone hurt. It was a bad joke, I’m sorry, please forgive me.

In fact, I’ve emailed you on numerous occasions in order to help you with your website’s design and for various other things. You still haven’t replied. I often sit here for hours on end, waiting for my Gmail notification tool to tell me that you’ve written back, but to no avail.

I shan’t kiss your rude ass in the Plaza San Jaime (that was a bit too anatomical for my liking), but I will make a donation of €10 to the socialist charity of your choosing, as a sign of my contrition.

(By the way, my quick Google research finds the ’son of a bitch’ insult, the natural equivalent of ‘hijo de puta’ used several times on Iberian Notes. The message stays the same, John: Can’t have it both ways).

]]> By: john http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2008/04/27/are-the-spanish-media-really-obsessed-with-israel/#comment-141992 john Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:19:24 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/?p=7770#comment-141992 Good job, Trevor. I still agree with the Roth Institute article, though; I believe the Spanish media (and the French media, too) is obsessed with Israel, that coverage is extremely negative, and that anti-Semitic bigotry is rampant. As for Tom, I'm not the guy who called your mother a prostitute. I think it was the other way around. So you can kiss my rude ass in the Plaza San Jaime. Good job, Trevor. I still agree with the Roth Institute article, though; I believe the Spanish media (and the French media, too) is obsessed with Israel, that coverage is extremely negative, and that anti-Semitic bigotry is rampant.

As for Tom, I’m not the guy who called your mother a prostitute. I think it was the other way around. So you can kiss my rude ass in the Plaza San Jaime.

]]> By: Tom http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2008/04/27/are-the-spanish-media-really-obsessed-with-israel/#comment-141989 Tom Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:58:15 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/?p=7770#comment-141989 If anyone's obsessed by Israel, it's rude, right-wing American bloggers. If anyone’s obsessed by Israel, it’s rude, right-wing American bloggers.

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