• @Justice
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    184 months ago

    The reporter is literally some libbed up “ask both sides!” even when one side is actively doing a clear genocide “neutral” reporter. If you give Israel a chance to have “their side” then you are by definition slanted towards pro-Israeli. Although this is better than the active Israeli state sexual orgy of propaganda you see on the 24/7 CNN and Fox coverage.

    There are apparent neo-Nazis in there spouting lines about Hamas being evil, Hamas killing journalists, Hezbollah doing the same, etc.

    I don’t even need to bother “defending” Hamas or their allies. I can just say Israel has been objectively shown, uncountable times, to be targeting any journalists who don’t submit to full censorship from the IDF. That means submitting to their “protection” within Gaza, their line of questioning, etc. It means the IDF can say what to film or not. It’s full propaganda-mode censorship.

    The difference is, for one, I haven’t heard of a single instance (and there may be some, I don’t know) of Hamas officials or militants or anyone censoring footage coming out from Gaza on the Palestinian side. I would say they’re probably welcoming any such footage since it’s almost always going to expose Israeli lies or Israeli cruelty more than anything Hamas or Palestinians are doing. Btw, under international law, Hamas and Palestinians broadly are permitted to do whatever it takes to resist and throw off the illegal occupation by Israel. So all those rockets that Herr Redditor complains about are permitted. The “TURRUH TUN NAHLS” are permitted. And what isn’t permitted, ever, is a siege and blockade before Oct 7 and a now total one since then by Israel upon lands it illegally occupies still.

    And two, stating the obvious, Israel has the full backing of the world military superpower and has all kinds of modern tools to enforce their propaganda machine. From spying/doxxing simple dissenters all the way to direct assassination of individuals and their fucking families. Even if Hamas was engaging in some sort of censorship or slanting of news via journalist manipulation, they lack the reach and devastation that Israel has. As soon as Hamas is leveling the homes of pro-Israeli journalists while their families are sleeping, then I’ll take this ridiculous shit seriously.

    • @OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
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      14 months ago

      If you give Israel a chance to have “their side” then you are by definition slanted towards pro-Israeli.

      It’s funny, because the Reddit section has identical comments but for Hamas.

      I actually like Wikipedia’s stance on it, which is treat every source as if it’s biased, but shape the article as a whole of perennial sources