The Insanity of the Media

I usually think that much of the mainstream media is biased, but it's important to note that many times the real issue is ignorance or even insanity when it comes to the media.  I saw an example of this in a Reuters article today.  The Reuters report was about the relations between the Palestinians and the other Arabs in the region.  Saudi Arabia has stopped funding the Palestinian Authority according to Reuters, and other Middle East Arab countries have had increasingly poor relations with the PA.  Then comes the clinker.  Reuters reports that the reason for the worsening of relations is that the other Arab countries are concerned that Palestinian democracy may be threatened.

Think about that.  The Palestinian Authority is led by president Abbas who was elected to a four year term over ten years ago.  He has prevented any further elections and just usurped power since then.  In Gaza, the forces of Hamas took control and won a short armed battle with the members of Abbas' Fatah party.  Many were killed.  Gaza is now totally under the dictatorship of Hamas.  So we have the big area of the West Bank under one man rule by Abbas and the smaller area of Gaza under dictatorship by Hamas.  There is no such thing any more as Palestinian democracy.

So how can Reuters report that concern about Palestinian democracy is what is motivating the other Arab countries?  It's really insane.  Nothing could support such a report aside from an inability to recognize reality.  That's true insanity.