Biden and the quality media- as we call them- may be the biggest losers in the recent conflict

Biden’s unequivocal support for Netanyahu led the Israeli government seems to destroy the remaining bits of American legitimacy in the region. I know things are complicated and tragic, but would that be the best way to proceed? On the other hand, global sympathy for Israeli victims is declining after the Israeli security forces’ reckless attacks on Gaza. The Western quality media, as we regularly show as good cases in our classes, do not depict the death of humans in the same terms: Israelis are killed, and Palestinians die.

The summary of the last days: Israel Responds to Hamas Crimes by Ordering Mass War Crimes in Gaza

Media bias claims during the current Israel-Palestine conflict have been made by both sides. Here are some examples of media bias claims:
– **Pro-Palestinian bias**: Palestinians and their supporters have claimed that Western mainstream media are considerably biased in favor of Israel[1]. They argue that the pro-Israel biases of the Western media are considered to be reflective of the wider political association of Israel with Western governments and are thus endemic[1]. Critics argue that these alleged biases wittingly or unwittingly aid Israel in getting away with crimes that are not even recognized as crimes[1].
– **Pro-Israel bias**: Some major media outlets characterize Israel’s targeted response to terror attacks as attacks on innocent and beleaguered Palestinians, feeding an unequivocally false narrative[2]. Media reports of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict often frame both sides as being equivalent and engaged in a tit-for-tat cycle of violence, but there is simply no moral equivalence between the two sides[2]. Israelis claim that there is no media bias against Israel in the West, but there is ample academic and empirical evidence that there is a strong anti-Palestinian bias[4].
– **False symmetry**: Media descriptions regularly imply a false symmetry between occupier and occupied, propping up anti-Palestinian and Islamophobic narratives that blame the Palestinian people for Israeli aggression[5].
– **Misleading framing**: Coverage is often selective, stories get framed in a misleading way, or certain perspectives go missing[1].
– **Selective reporting**: Newsrooms cannot pick and choose which state-sanctioned violence is legitimate. They must make an effort to report the actions of the Israeli military and Israeli settlers in the same way that abuses in Ukraine and other countries are covered[5].
It is important to note that media bias is a complex issue, and reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can be challenging due to the deeply rooted historical, political, and religious factors involved[2]. Journalists have a responsibility to report facts without bias and to seek out Palestinian voices and investigate claims by government officials before reporting them as truth[5].
Citations:
[1] https://www.newarab.com/news/gaza-israel-war-western-media-still-biased
[2] https://www.ajc.org/news/what-to-know-about-media-bias-in-coverage-of-hamas-attack-on-israel
[3] https://surface.syr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1296&context=honors_capstone
[4] https://decolonizepalestine.com/myth/there-is-a-media-bias-against-israel/
[5] https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/28/jerusalem-al-aqsa-media-coverage-israeli-violence-palestinians/
[6] https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/adl-debunk-myths-and-false-narratives-about-israel-hamas-war

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Claims of media bias abound.

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