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MEDIA BIAS
TO:    David bar-Ilan, Eye on Media, Jlem Post
FROM:  Steve Amdur, Kibbutz Haon, Jordan Valley, 15170 Israel.
       Telephone:  972-6-757572; FAX:  972-6-757554
DATE:  18 Jun 96
RE:    
REF:   Jlem Rpt 27 Jun 96 : Susser, Netanyahu's Israel
CC:
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SUMMARY:   Run-of-the-mill mild Bibi-bashing, no obvious targetaudience.  Builds an image of Netanyahu as conniver.  Consistentone-sided use of pejorative phrases; no subtler tricks.
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DETAILS:
Cover photo:  complimentary

"telegenic looks"
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[Ugly is beautiful?  ]
l1
"he cultivated rich American Jews"
l2
[Doesn't everyone?]
l1

BLOCK THAT SUBMARINE:
"First he would use it [the "rich American Jews":  his "`politicalsubmarine'"] as a launching pad to take over the party, and thenthe country."        
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["take over the party, and then the country" in contrast toself-sacrificing disinterested public service, which is whatthey do in Labour]
l1

GENERIC PHANTOM TAXI-DRIVER 

"Netanyahu was blamed for helping to crate the political climatethat led to the killing [of Rabin]"
l2
['was blamed':  by whom?  In the good old days, a verbrequired an object for coherence.
'political climate':  And what is that new-found griffin? The combination of long-term temperature + humidity; exceptpolitical? 
'helping to create':  A reasonably clear image, tho not inthis context:  he maybe stayed up silk-screening photomontages?  Or is it the fact that he was leader of theOpposition that is deemed, per se, 'helping to create' etc.]
l1

'battered political ambitions' 
'naked ambition'
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[Peres, in contast, would rather cultivate orchids; andanyhow, can always go back to selling hardware.]
l1
"And he backed it up with the negative 'Peres will divideJerusalem', artfully
l2
[Dickens 'Artful Dodger' I presume. ) Works with Fagin)]
l1
creating the impression
l2
[out of thin air or out of secret memos?]
l1
that the Labor leader wild guve up anything, even the  holy ofholies, for peace.
l2
[actually, that was given up by a previous Labour government,in 1967.]
l1
"His trump card was Natan Sharansky"
l2
[Yup, just one more Russian for sale.
 Sharansky has had excellent opportunities to sell outthroughout his life; and seems to rejected all of them.]
l1
"to bring in Arthur Finkelstein
l2
[Now there's a name to  conjure with, tho that's usually doneby the British press]
l1
a top American spin-doctor"
l2
[And who planned Labour's 1992 campaign, and how?]
l1
"he built up Netanyahu's shaky leadership credibilty"
l2
[A neat example of a self-validating media-cliche.]
l1
"pressuring Labour into accepting the traditional presidentialstyle TV debate:
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[Tradition started with Lincoln against the incumbentDouglas.
It's lese majeste to debate an incumbent running for reelection?]
l1
"all Netanyahul's manouvering"
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[Yup; the original `indefatigable conniver']                                           


