• Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca
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    15 hours ago

    The past few years there was a great “purge” of journalists that were publicly against the genocide with the excuse that the news outlets needed to stay independent (this was at Reuters and AP news). Because being against genocide is equated with supporting Hamas.

    But while those who protested the genocide were fired, those supporting the genocide were simply supporting a country against terrorism, and so they remained.

    And you can see how apparent that is in the language used by most media outlets.

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      14 hours ago

      Not just the past few years, since the invention of Israel, all the biggest news agencies purge staff reporting on them every few years

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      Because being against genocide is equated with supporting Hamas.

      “Neutral” is when you don’t say anything bad about the home team and you don’t say anything good about the away team.