Expressions of horror sometimes ring hollow.
Jack Parrock is among the Western journalists who have protested against Israel’s killings of reporters and photographers in Gaza. His credibility as a protester is compromised by how he shills for the makers of weapons that have more than likely been used in the killings to which he objects.
Parrock – a contributor to the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle and various other outlets – is much in demand as a moderator at corporate events in Brussels. These include conferences hosted by the Aerospace, Security and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD).
That umbrella group represents such giants of the weapons trade as BAE Systems and Leonardo.
Both of those firms have played a significant role in developing or equipping the F-35 warplane. The “economy of genocide” report published recently by Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur for the occupied West Bank and Gaza, stated that the F-35 and its precursor the F-16 had been “integral to equipping Israel with the unprecedented aerial power” used in obliterating Gaza.
Parrock’s behavior is unethical. Rules drawn up by the International Federation of Journalists stipulate that a reporter “will avoid any confusion between his activity and that of advertising or propaganda.”
The conferences at which Parrock moderates are pure propaganda. They depict higher military spending as something desirable, without spelling out that the prime beneficiaries will be the management and shareholders of weapons companies.
Parrock – who did not respond to a request for comment – gets away with his unethical conduct because it goes unchallenged. (more...)
Gaza’s journalists get massacred, Western press mollycoddles Israel
They killed one of your journalists and you’re still covering for them.
— Assal Rad (@AssalRad) August 27, 2025
You should be ashamed @Reuters. pic.twitter.com/pr0VheU1EP
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