The fact that everyone fails to recognize about the failed Camp David talks is that the so-called "best offer the Palestinians ever had" did not include East Jerusalem, or allow for repatriation of exiled Palestinians. In East Jerusalem, lies the third most sacred site in the Arab world, the Al Aqsa mosque.

With that "best offer" on the table, Arafat was forced to either accept or reject it, on the spot, without being able to consult with the democratically elected Palestinian parliament, Arab leaders in the Arab League, etc.

So those reports that the Camp David talks held out 95% of what Palestinians wanted, are grossly exaggerated, and do not jibe with the Palestinians side of the story.

As to bias of news sources Celtic Soul, you are absolutely correct. One must be aware of the biases of both the source of the news (ie the editorial bias of a newspaper, a newsroom, etc). But one must also be aware of the legitimacy and integrity of the news organization itself for accurate and fair reporting. There is a reason why most religious news organizations aren't considered reliable or legitimate by the international journalism community. That reason is because they are notorious for presenting their bias as fact, rather than spin.

You also neglect to mention that we must also be able to ascertain the legitimacy and integrity of the person being interviewed, especially when they are being touted by the news organization as authorities and experts. News organizations tend to use the same "experts" over and over--or at least go to a source (ie a particular think tank or university) where they know the political ideologies of most of the players.

As you said, there is nothing wrong with any of this. However, you neglect the fact that we ourselves have the burden upon us to know historic fact well enough to be able to distinguish between ideology and history. Between fact and bias.

You posted a wildly inaccurate claim about the history of the Palestinian struggle for a legitimate sovereign state. What you said is just plain wrong, and anyone with knowledge of that history knows it, regardless of their ideological beliefs about that history.

And that is the problem with the US citizenry. They hold everyone else responsible for knowing the history and getting the facts straight, except themselves.

This is why the mainstream corporate media gets away with being the quasi-official state propaganda machine. Our citizens refuse to think critically and act upon the information they receive.