Headlines as bylines: BBC News routinely underplays Israel’s genocide in Gaza
Who, What, Where, When, Why? The five W’s of writing, the five questions that good journalists seek to answer in every report. What has happened with the BBC News?
Dishonest Reporting
Recycled food aid sacks presented as “UNRWA concrete used to build HAMAS tunnels”
I just feel really dumb having to write this because the level of Israel propaganda is pathetic but its useful idiots keep spreading it, so here we are. The latest trope comes from this picture of a HAMAS tunnel entrance.
How Twitter/X helps organizations suppress dissent to their posts for half a billion people
Since November 2019, when this feature rolled out, Twitter/X has allowed accounts to hide any replies they don’t like from all the other users on Twitter. Clicking on the icon does work and you see the hidden replies but did you know about this four-year-old Twitter feature? If not, how many replies to a tweet that the tweeter simply didn’t like have you missed?
Israel’s suppression of media coverage during its war on Gaza
One of the challenges during Israel’s obvious and blatant genocide of Gazans has been access from concerned global citizens to on the ground information, directly from Gaza.
Times of Israel publishes false claim that Red Cross chief attributed lack of access to hostages to Israel not meeting ‘HAMAS demands’
Late on 23 December 2023, at 11:23pm GMT, the Times of Israel published an article claiming that the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) had blamed Israel for the ICRC’s lack of access to the Israeli hostages kidnapped by HAMAS on October 7, portraying her as intentionally dragging her heels until “Israel must first deal with the demands of the HAMAS terror group,” as the article’s subheading put it.
Australian Jewish Association Gets Laws Changed with Fake “Gas the Jews” Viral Video
The video was distributed on October 9th by professional inciter Jarens, the Australian Jewish Association, whose Twitter feed is a record of repeated demonization of pro-Palestinian protests. The video was picked up by mainstream media as fact. The AJA’s video, which started the panic rolling, contained inaccurate subtitles claiming the crowd were chanting “Gas the Jews?”
Israeli Propaganda: HAMAS ‘Mass Rapes’ on Oct 7
Contents Background to October 7th (20 December 2023) The first Mondoweiss article challenging the narrative, “CNN report claiming sexual violence on October 7 relied on non-credible witnesses, some with undisclosed ties to Israeli govt” (1 December 2023)...
Washington Post headline editor does a fantastic job avoiding attributing anything negative to Israel
Fixed your headline for you, @WashingtonPost pic.twitter.com/e0SztENMDP — Alan MacLeod (@AlanRMacLeod) December 20,...
