Dan Rather: US Media Not Biased
Charles Johnson
Tue Jun 28, 2005 at 7:40 am PDT • Views: 209
Disgraced CBS newsman Dan Rather insists that mainstream media is not biased.
Against Israel: ‘U.S. media support Israel’. (Hat tip: Zevy.)
There are Israelis who claim that the foreign media is biased against Israel.
“No, I haven’t seen that at all. I recognize there is a widespread perception among some people, but it’s not my experience at all. In the U.S. in my lifetime, until this very day, there is a deep understanding of the history of Israel and all the difficulties. There is no doubt in my mind that overall the Americans and the American reporters have a strong sense of support.”
And on September 11, did mainstream media hide the true images of horror from the American public?
Why, of course they did.
You didn’t show the same pictures you show from other war zones. No pictures of people jumping from the Twin Towers, no body parts on Ground Zero? It this self censorship? Because of TV ratings, or is it your mentality?
“It’s a very good point. There was some restraint. Sometimes it wasn’t clear what was happening. I was one of the first people on the scene, and I was an eyewitness from the very early stages. But I agree, there was some restraint.”
Frank says: