US media watchdog Fair found evidence of UK and US media delegitimising Palestinian voices
A report on Friday by the national media watch group Fair found that establishment media have manufactured consent for the killing of Palestinian journalists in Israel's war on Gaza.
It also concluded that establishment media overall “centered Israel’s narrative”, tried to “delegitimize pro-Palestinian sources”, and did not “contextualize the killings within the larger context of the genocide”.
In its report, Fair evaluated coverage of Israel’s targeted murder on 10 August of Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, Mohammed Noufal and Ibrahim Zaher; along with freelance journalists Moamen Aliwa and Mohammed al-Khalidi, in 15 well-known media outlets based primarily in the US.
They found that coverage in all 15 news outlets repeated “the same Zionist talking points that contributed to manufacturing consent for their killings”, specifically smears that the popular and respected journalist Sharif was a member of Hamas.
The outlets include The New York Times; The Los Angeles Times; The Washington Post; The Wall Street Journal; The Financial Times; ABC; CBS; NBC; CNN; Fox News; BBC; Politico; Newsweek; The Associated Press; and Reuters.
Fair found they all repeated Israel’s false allegations that Sharif was a member of Hamas masquerading as a journalist, even though this claim was found to be baseless by notable organisations such as the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the Foreign Press Association and the United Nations. (more...)
Western media manufactured consent for Israel’s killing of Gaza journalists, watchdog finds
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