Israel's current refusal to allow foreign journalists into Gaza continues to fuel misinformation about the crisis and apathy towards Palestinians.  For example, most MSM media outlets continue to insist that Hamas broke the cease-fire even though it is now widely known - at least outside of North America - that Israel broke the cease-fire on Nov. 4, 2008. Seemingly innocuous bits of information such as this are actually the opposite and are used by hard right pundits in the MSM to solicit support for the war and give Israel a free pass to slaughter innocent civilians. Getting to the truth of the matter is crucially important to encouraging an informed citizenry and building media democracy. Although not new (both from 2003), two excellent films that expel some of ...