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Zombie Box

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People tell me I don’t watch mainstream newscasts often enough and have no idea what’s going on in them.

So I decided to watch. Turned on the CNN and discovered a debate on Israel and Palestine.

“Good!” I thought. “Maybe I am missing something important by ignoring these news channels.”

“The Palestinian side of the issue,” the newscaster said, “will be presented by journalist X who has a Jewish husband. The Israeli side will be defended by expert Y who has the following governmental appointments. . .”

Since the “journalist with a husband” didn’t raise any objections to being characterized this way while her opponent’s marital situation was not brought into the conversation, I realized that I wasn’t ready for mainstream media and switched the zombie box off.

3 responses to “Zombie Box”

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    Benoni

    Why would you even invite somebody on a show to discuss a topic when you think their most notable connection to the topic is to whom they’re married? If you think so little of somebody’s credentials, you shouldn’t be asking their opinion on anything.

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  2. el Avatar
    el

    May be, it’s not a gender issue and expert Y’s connection to Jews or Palestinians would be mentioned too, had he had it. And a journalist can be good without governmental appointments.

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    1. Clarissa Avatar
      Clarissa

      I understand this wasn’t malicious but it still was extremely jarring. I would have walked out if anybody introduced me like that in any debate. And then I would have made the organizers of the event very sorry.

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