But There's No Media Bias

The Wall Street Journal reports the Israeli army allegedly prevented medics from assisting a Gaza town during fighting in the recent war. The Journal's attempt at balance is one paragraph that says "human rights advocates by no means only cite Israel's conduct in the war."

But that one paragraph compares to the article's 22 paragraphs on Israel's alleged transgression.

Israel is a western democracy and Hamas is a blood-thirsty terrorist group who killed Palestinian "collaborators" during the fighting. Naturally, for the left, Israel's actions in defense of its citizens are terrible, while Hamas' actions to brutalize Israel and Palestinians are glossed over and minimized.

The Israeli military called Palestinians' cell phones to warn them to evacuate certain areas to minimize risk to their lives. Israeli hospitals treated Palestinians during the fighting. Never before in the history of warfare did an army do more to reduce civilian casualties.

In the meantime, Hamas purposefully violated the Geneva conventions that prohibit combatants from hiding among civilians, including UN schools and facilities, hoping to provoke Israeli counterfire to create civilian casualties - with the goal of achieving a propaganda victory.

And news organizations wonder why they are experiencing collapsing consumer demand. It isn't just technological changes, although that is a very important part of the problem. This bias infuriates many and has encouraged readers and viewers to explore other sources of news than the traditional media outlets.