In Solidarity is an openDemocracy podcast about people, power and politics, co-hosted by our editors based in London, Abuja and Montevideo and featuring guests from the around the world.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In Solidarity is an openDemocracy podcast about people, power and politics, co-hosted by our editors based in London, Abuja and Montevideo and featuring guests from the around the world.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Did Western media manufacture consent for Israel's ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza?
In the last two years since Hamas' attack on Israel, and the latter's bombardment of the territories of Palestine it partially occupies, mainstream media particularly in the U.S. and Europe have broken their own rules of fairness, accuracy, conflict of interest, objectivity and so-called "neutrality" in their coverage of Israel's actions.
They have often repeated the Israeli government's statements as fact without critical context or analysis; for example the fact that Israel was considered to be imposing apartheid on Palestinians long before October 7th. They have underreported or omitted major events from coverage including attacks on aid flotilla for Palestinians or Israeli declarations of intent to commit genocide. In some cases it has been discovered that some news organisations hired former soldiers of Israeli Defence Forces, as reporters without disclosing this affiliation to their audience.
Lila Hassan, an independent investigative journalist and educator who has worked closely with many outlets in the West in the last two years and prior - and has seen the media's role in shaping this conflict firsthand, joins us today to discuss how we got here and the real world harms of the media failing at delivering the one sacred thing required of journalists: the truth.
Follow Lila:
https://www.instagram.com/bylilahassan/
—
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/newsletters/
In Solidarity is openDemocracy’s podcast about people, power, and politics. Support the show by visiting https://www.openDemocracy.net/donate/
Credits:
Presented by Ayodeji Rotinwa
Edited and produced by James Battershill, Ayodeji Rotinwa
Theme song ‘Odyssey’ performed by Edward Abela
Clips from Boston Globe, Al Jazeera, SJS news
—
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
05:45 We MUST say genocide
07:06 The tipping point
11:25 The forbidden words
14:44 Societal understanding vs Journalism
20:02 The perception of language
23:28 Western media betrays itself
27:30 Conflicts of interest in reporting
31:12 Misrepresentation from the media
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.