Anti-Imperialism/Foreign Policy

Western Media’s Shameful Complicity

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Aug 22

The death toll for journalists in Gaza is unprecedented. And with each new slew of targeted attacks, major Western outlets continue to publish articles citing unverified claims that attempt to justify these crimes against humanity. Every major outlet—from New York Times to the Washington Post, from AP to Reuters—has served as a conveyor belt for Israeli propaganda; sanitizing war crimes and dehumanizing victims, abandoning their colleagues and their alleged commitment to true and ethical reporting.

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Legacy Media’s Power-Serving Agenda

The pattern is always the same: deliberately target journalists, then smear them as “militants.” Western media has dutifully repeated these lies, laundering Israel’s systematic campaign to eliminate witnesses to genocide.

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