Word: kalb
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...still remember Sadat smoking a pipe, magnificently dressed, clean-cut, doing an interview with Walter Cronkite," said Kalb. "Through Sadat, other Arab leaders began to exploit [the press] for their own policy aims...
When Israel began bombing Beirut in 1982, Kalb said, "the American press' fascination with Israel...started to turn sour." Ever since, the media has reflected a distinct anti-Israel bias, Kalb said...
...Israel, which had always been seen as David against the Arab Goliath...began to be seen as Goliath...a sophisticated, modern, deadly, heartless machine against baby-kissing Palestinian leaders," Kalb said...
...other hand, Kalb said Israel is often too quick to blame its problems on the press, which "more often than not mirrors what is going on, does not concoct what is going on...there is no small group sitting in New York determining, 'how do we screw Israel tonight...
...press is completely anarchic," said Kalb. "Most of the time there are no motives for anything. I'm astonished that anything goes...