Refaat Alareer and the online culture war
Refaat Alareer and the online culture war
The Western media’s failure to report the reality of Gaza didn’t start on Oct. 7. It’s always been like this. Here’s why journalists won’t tell you the truth about Palestine. By Jonathan Cook Jonathan-Cook.net [This is an adaptation of a talk the author gave at “Reporting Gaza: Work,
CBC’s repeated caving to a highly biased pro-Israel advocacy group like HonestReporting Canada takes up a place within the larger context of right-wing populism on the rise in Canada today. According to a perceived bargain, CBC’s decision to appease Israel’s defenders is a trade-off for a de-escalation of existential threats to the public broadcaster. Yet, in this, CBC is making a dire miscalculation.
"On October 7, Hamas terrorists were not the only ones who documented the war crimes they had committed during their deadly rampage across southern Israel. Some of their atrocities were captured by Gaza-based photojournalists working for the Associated Press and Reuters news agencies whose early morning presence at the breached border area raises serious ethical questions".
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