On Friday, The Washington Post reported that journalists by the hundreds are signing a petition demanding that all media outlets should describe Israel in hateful terms, including “apartheid,” “ethnic cleansing,” and “genocide.” In other words, they want all news accounts to sound like an “eradicate Israel” rally.
But the Post used the most anodyne words for this radical petition. On the front page of the Style section, it said ” Journalists sign letter protesting war coverage. ” On an inside page, it was ” Letter calls for precise terminology. ” Are they too afraid to put “apartheid” and “genocide” in the headline?
Reporters Laura Wagner and Will Sommer began: More than 750 journalists from dozens of news organizations have signed an open letter published Thursday condemning Israel’s killing of reporters in Gaza and criticizing Western media’s coverage of the war. The letter — which said newsrooms are “accountable for dehumanizing rhetoric […]
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