{"id":522453,"date":"2021-05-18T16:20:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T20:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=522453"},"modified":"2021-05-18T16:20:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T20:20:52","slug":"the-legacy-media-continues-to-ignore-the-lefts-growing-civil-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-legacy-media-continues-to-ignore-the-lefts-growing-civil-war\/","title":{"rendered":"The Legacy Media Continues To Ignore The Left\u2019s Growing Civil War"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-legacy-media-continues-to-ignore-the-lefts-growing-civil-war%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=522453&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2969.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>While the legacy media have directed their laser-like focus toward the Republican Party\u2019s \u201ccivil war,\u201d they have ignored a deeper division brewing within the Democratic Party regarding the balkanization between more traditional Democrats and a hard-Left hellbent on condemning Israel as a racist, colonial oppressor.<\/p>\n<p>While the progressive intifada against the party\u2019s reliably liberal leadership spans beyond the Middle East, tensions on the Left have steadily escalated in tandem with military action between Israel and Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/president-biden-says-israel-has-the-right-to-defend-itself-as-violence-escalates-11620921875\">commented<\/a> Wednesday that \u201cIsrael has a right to defend itself when you have thousands of rockets flying into your territory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That unremarkable statement immediately summoned the Squad \u2014 and its members exhibited remarkable message discipline. All sought to push the administration into condemning Israeli retaliation against Hamas\u2019 rocket volleys.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) immediately tweeted that \u201cblanket statements\u201d like Biden\u2019s \u201cdehumanize Palestinians &#038; imply the US will look the other way at human rights violations. It\u2019s wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not neutral language,\u201d she <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1392603320066400266\">said<\/a>. \u201cIt takes a side \u2014 the side of occupation.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.532934131737\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">By only stepping in to name Hamas\u2019 actions \u2013 which are condemnable \u2013 &#038; refusing to acknowledge the rights of Palestinians, Biden reinforces the false idea that Palestinians instigated this cycle of violence.<\/p>\n<p>This is not neutral language. It takes a side \u2013 the side of occupation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1392603320066400266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She renewed her call on the House floor Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/critics-left-bash-bidens-response-israel-gaza-violence\/story?id=77692462\">thundering<\/a>, \u201cThe president and many other figures this week stated that Israel has a right to self-defense \u2026 But do Palestinians have a right to survive?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ilhan-omar-says-palestinian-children-deserve-safety-ignores-hamas-using-schools-as-rocket-launch-sites-with-children-as-human-shields\">tweeted<\/a> that \u201cIsraeli air strikes killing civilians in Gaza is an act of terrorism.\u201d Yet she called the well-established <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/a1a14d18991e401db5bfebfc1faa3102\">reality<\/a> of terrorists using civilians as human shields \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/opinion\/columnists\/teich-hamas-use-of-human-shields-is-a-war-crime\">recognized<\/a> as a war crime under international law \u2014 a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1392503663260749831\">myth<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her tweet obliquely criticized the Biden administration: \u201cIt\u2019s unconscionable to not condemn these attacks on the week of Eid,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"16.147058823529\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Israeli air strikes killing civilians in Gaza is an act of terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>Palestinians deserve protection.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike Israel, missile defense programs, such as Iron Dome, don\u2019t exist to protect Palestinian civilians.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unconscionable to not condemn these attacks on the week of Eid. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vWWQfMqBkT\">https:\/\/t.co\/vWWQfMqBkT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1391841207588999168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Failing to criticize Israel puts America\u2019s moral capital in jeopardy, Omar tweeted. \u201cMany will tell you Israel has a right to defend itself, to safety and security, but are silent on whether Palestinians have those rights too. Until we can defend the rights of Palestinians just as we do Israelis, we have no leg to stand on when it comes to justice or peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"14.421221864952\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Many will tell you Israel has a right to defend itself, to safety and security, but are silent on whether Palestinians have those rights too.<\/p>\n<p>Until we can defend the rights of Palestinians just as we do Israelis, we have no leg to stand on when it comes to justice or peace.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1391868946253586442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The administration has gingerly refuted her statements. State Department spokesman Ned Price explained that Omar\u2019s allegation of Israeli \u201cethnic cleansing\u201d in Sheikh Jarrah are \u201cnot something that our analysis supports.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But dozens on the Left piled on. \u201cWe cannot just condemn rockets fired by Hamas and ignore Israel\u2019s state-sanctioned police violence against Palestinians \u2014 including unlawful evictions, violent attacks on protesters &#038; the murder of Palestinian children,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/repmarkpocan\/status\/1391941244016893957?s=20\">tweeted<\/a> Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.673469387755\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Agreed.<\/p>\n<p>We cannot just condemn rockets fired by Hamas and ignore Israel&#8217;s state-sanctioned police violence against Palestinians\u2014including unlawful evictions, violent attacks on protestors &#038; the murder of Palestinian children.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. aid should not be funding this violence. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5ObpNIzMMg\">https:\/\/t.co\/5ObpNIzMMg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Mark Pocan (@repmarkpocan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/repmarkpocan\/status\/1391941244016893957?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In total, 25 members of Congress signed a letter demanding the White House send \u201cthe strongest possible diplomatic message to Israel.\u201d The effort was spearheaded by Rep. Marie Newman (D-IL), whom progressives sent to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/progressives-pro-choicers-oust-one-of-the-last-remaining-pro-life-democrats-in-congress\">primary<\/a> the staunchly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/us-news\/.premium-aipac-vs-j-street-pro-israel-lobby-loses-ally-as-progressives-score-win-in-illinois-1.8688053\">pro-Israel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democratsforlife.org\/\">pro-life Democrat<\/a> Dan Lipinski (another uncovered front in the Democratic Party\u2019s civil war).<\/p>\n<p>When former presidential hopeful turned New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang announced, \u201cI\u2019m standing with the people of Israel,\u201d the party\u2019s left-wing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/get-fed-leftists-slam-andrew-yang-for-support-of-israel-yangsupportsgenocide-trends\">responded<\/a> with profanity-laced outrage. Human rights activist Ajamu Baraka <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ajamubaraka\/status\/1392119824877240326?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1392119824877240326%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fget-fed-leftists-slam-andrew-yang-for-support-of-israel-yangsupportsgenocide-trends\">accused<\/a> Yang of being \u201ca white supremacist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Glenn Greenwald, a civil libertarian journalist who co-founded The Intercept, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1393199659527647232\">tweeted<\/a>: \u201cThe full-on attack from a dozen or more Democratic members of Congress on [President Joe] Biden and [Secretary of State Anthony] Blinken for supporting the Israelis in Gaza is an infinitely more important intra-party dispute than the Liz Cheney drama.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.7272727272727\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The full-on attack from a dozen or more Democratic members of Congress on Biden and Blinken for supporting the Israelis in Gaza is an infinitely more important intra-party dispute than the Liz Cheney drama:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oArnYPl9Fe\">https:\/\/t.co\/oArnYPl9Fe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ggreenwald\/status\/1393199659527647232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Important but politically unhelpful news continues to go unreported by the legacy media. Despite covering the expulsion of Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) from House leadership incessantly, CNN and MSNBC had little to say about the Left\u2019s destructive rivalry over the Middle East. MSNBC hosts occasionally repeated Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s comments throughout the day on Wednesday. The only story CNN posted on its website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/05\/14\/politics\/biden-white-house-israel\/index.html\">stated<\/a> simply that President Biden showed \u201clittle willingness to bend to liberal Democrats\u201d (as though Biden were not a liberal Democrat himself).<\/p>\n<p>Their coverage could hardly contrast more with their wall-to-wall reporting on the GOP\u2019s inside-the-Beltway hostilities. CNN and MSNBC repeatedly noted that Donald Trump has supported Cheney\u2019s primary opponent (as have <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/05\/05\/poll-more-than-half-of-gop-wyoming-voters-will-vote-against-liz-cheney-for-reelection\/\">most<\/a> of her constituents). But they have ignored the fact that the House\u2019s growing caucus of Democratic Socialists <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2021\/05\/14\/israel-palestine-congress-criticism-democrats\/\">rose<\/a> to power by deposing more moderate \u2014 and more pro-Israel \u2014 Democrats, including Joe Crowley (Rep. Ocasio-Cortez), Eliot Engel (Rep. Jamaal Bowman), and Lacy Clay Jr. (Rep. Cori Bush). The networks also fail to report that the Squad-led Left threatens to roll over as many safe Democratic districts as it can. And its members are now fulfilling their promise to \u201cpush\u201d the White House as far to the Left as possible.<\/p>\n<p>The networks calling for even-handed responses to Middle Eastern wars might begin by showing even-handed coverage of the two parties\u2019 political wars.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the legacy media have directed their laser-like focus toward the Republican Party\u2019s \u201ccivil war,\u201d they have ignored a deeper division brewing within the Democratic Party regarding the balkanization between &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278468,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2969.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"The Legacy Media Continues To Ignore The Left\u2019s Growing Civil War","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-522453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2969.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"The Legacy Media Continues To Ignore The Left\u2019s Growing Civil War","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}