Noodle Information - Israel/Lebanon

(This is a school post, but i figure the Lodge is dead right now anyways.)

I thought this was extremely interesting in terms of contrasting media material. This morning many papers had an Israeli attack against Lebanon featured. Not knowing what it was really about I began to read about it in a coffee shop and online. Considering being critical I decided to go to an Israeli site to compare what was being reported to the American public and the foreign domestic public. It really makes you consider what filters are on. Thankfully we have the internet to assess more information. Still you wanna ask the question: Who is most credible?

The Seattle Times article, where we're at, gives a flat account: Warplanes again smashed runways at Beirut's airport with hours of airstrikes, trying to render it unusable, and destroyed mountain bridges on the main highway to Syria. Warships blockaded Lebanon's ports for a second day.

Israel National news gives a strategic military account: IAF aircraft also struck other Hizbullah targets, including Hizbullah headquarters in a densely populated neighborhood in south Beiru, deep in the Lebanon Valley near the Syrian border, major roadways and other strategic locations. Fighter pilots focused their efforts particularly on the Beirut airport, repeatedly bombing the facility which serves as a transfer point for weapons to the terrorists.

And a World News article via beirutnews.com gives a more humane focused domestic version: Despite international calls for moderation, Israel continued its military offensive in Lebanon on Friday. As Israeli forces targeted infrastructure throughout the country including the Beirut-Damascus highway, Hezbollah militants fired rockets into civilian areas in Israel. In what appeared to be a further escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, Israeli forces bombed sensitive parts of Lebanon's infrastructure on Friday in retaliation for the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah militants earlier this week. Early on Friday morning, Israeli jets destroyed a bridge to Beirut's airport in a densely populated area.

Are we becoming irresponsible for not being more critical and asking more questions about the situation. Our local news seems to be less concerned about additional details as asserted in the Israeli and Lebanese accounts. Maybe we are just being flat with our coverage so as to remain neutral. Is that irresponsible? These are not revolutionary thoughts - to hear both sides of an issue. This article I came across from the Middle East news gives a questioning commentary on the bias that may exist in our society.