Rally targets media censorship of Palestinian resistance
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Philadelphia Responding to a call from the Philadelphia Palestine Coalition, hundreds of people turned out at noon on Oct. 12, outside the Philadelphia offices of local NPR/PBS affiliate WHYY TV and radio. Protesters called out the media censorship of Palestinian resistance and the media whitewas

The demonstration marched from WHYY two blocks to the Philadelphia Inquirer offices, across from the Liberty Bell. There, Delaware state representative Madinah Wilson-Anton addressed the rally to voice her support for the people of Palestine.

“As a legislator, I’m telling everyone in my district what is going on. A lot of people like me are scared that the Zionists will get us kicked out of office, but the more people speak out, the less they can go after us.” Wilson-Anton told the youth: “I’m 30 years old, and I’ve seen a lot of change in this country. Keep this up and don’t get scared.”

As the rallies were taking place, individual reporters from both WHYY and the Inquirer came out to speak with demonstrators. Coverage on WHYY radio seemed to include more interviews with Palestinians the day after the rally, but the Inquirer barely mentioned the event.

Adam Horowitz, with Mondoweiss, told Black Power Media on Oct. 12 that no major U.S. media outlets have reporters on the ground in occupied Palestine. He described reports they are receiving from people inside Gaza that the situation on the ground is “completely catastrophic.”

Horowitz raised reports they are receiving that [neocolonialism] has placed cities and villages in the West Bank under lockdown and is supplying already heavily armed [neocolonists] with over 1,000 additional M16 rifles. None of this is being reported by the U.S. corporate media.