Long Reads: How US Media Whitewashed the Gaza Genocide w/ Adam Johnson
From the very start of the Gaza genocide, Western media outlets were happy to repeat the most outlandish claims from Israeli government officials. One of the most notorious examples was the allegation that dozens of Israeli babies were beheaded on October 7, 2023, a story amplified by CNN and promoted by the former US president, Joe Biden, who claimed to have seen “pictures of terrorists beheading children.” Of course, Biden was lying — it never happened.
This failure to ask any serious questions before reporting the most inflammatory claims set the tone for media coverage of Gaza, right up…
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