Hundreds of former employees of Israel lobbying groups such as AIPAC, StandWithUs, & CAMERA are in top newsrooms across the country, writing and producing America’s news. These outlets include MSNBC, The New York Times, CNN, and Fox News.
Those turning to the Sunday news shows to understand events or shape political priorities for the coming week were fed a consistent diet of superficial moralizing, softball interviews with US and Israeli officials, and entirely one-sided empathy and humanization since October 2023.
Fifty years ago, I joined in protests against the Vietnam war. Today the mainstream media is smearing pro-Palestine student protests in ways that are even worse than how we were slandered back then.
Biden wants to “help ensure that Israel can defend itself” (to the tune of $14 billion in free money); “Flour Massacre” update (spoiler alert: Israel lied); Biden airdrops into Gaza questionable; Amanpour & colleagues confront CNN over “myriad leadership failings” in coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza; NYT claims of Hamas sexual crimes further debunked…
Insiders say pressure from the top results in CNN’s unquestioning reporting of Israeli claims and silencing of Palestinian perspectives
Israel claims a tunnel ran through this Gaza cemetery it destroyed. A visit to the site raised more questions than answers. CNN doesn’t often challenge the Israel narrative, but this time, Jeremy Diamond was spot-on.
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American mainstream media have averted their gaze (again) from Palestinian suffering. Eleven Palestinian deaths in seven days is apparently not news.
CNN investigates the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on May 11 and says she was targeted by an Israeli sniper positioned 600 feet away from her with a clear line of sight.
As is standard practice in American mainstream media, CNN and NPR buried a major story critical of Israel so deep, it’s almost like it never happened.