More evidence the media is directing the impression of GAZA like a movie:
• Israeli shells slam into Gaza as troops near population centers
Near population centers? But, but, I thought GAZA was the most densely populated region on the planet . . .?
Meryl Yourish can be heard tearing this media fantasy apart on Shire News Network near marker 33 Podcast 154 Goes Back into Gaza
Fallacy number 3: Gaza is the most crowded place on earth. Bullshit.
*Gaza has about 4200 people per square kilometer.
*Singapore and Hong Kong have more than 6000.
*If you count the suburbs of Tel Aviv, there are more than 5,000 people per square kilometer in THAT city.
*Mumbai, over 27,000 . . .
*Calcutta, 24,000.
*Moscow,
*Tokyo,
*Warsaw and
*London all have more people per square kilometer than Gaza.
[source: Stephen Pollard in the Spectator, April 24th, 2008]
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