Amid the din of war, is US coverage of Israel and Gaza as good as it should be? Additionally, in India – on TV and online, massive support for the Israeli war.
Freedom of expression is under threat in the land of the free. We examine which media outlets in the United States are missing in Israel’s war on Gaza — and why it matters.
Contributors:
Noura Erakat – Associate Professor, Rutgers University
Abdallah Fayyad – Journalist; Former member of the editorial board of the Boston Globe
Alex Kane – senior journalist, Jewish Currents
Jack Mirkinson – acting editor, The Nation
On our radar:
The vast majority of mainstream media in the United States is owned by corporations. Nic Muirhead reports how state-funded television channels across the Anglosphere are facing criticism over their coverage of Gaza history.
“India stands with Israel”
Indo-Israeli relations have improved in recent years. And in this war, Indians have shown their support through online posts and TV rants with a bit of misinformation, to distort the way this conflict is understood. Meenakshi Ravi reports.
Contributors:
Azad Essa – Author, Hostile Homelands; Journalist, Middle East Eye
Pooja Chaudhuri – Researcher and trainer, Bellingcat
Swasti Rao – Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defense Studies and Analysis