How does western media ‘whitewash’ genocide? | Assal Rad
‘The crimes [in Gaza] are so egregious that are being carried out... The attempt to cover them up and whitewash them is failing’
Since 7 October, western media coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza has come under intense scrutiny, particularly for the language and terminology used by many outlets.
As a result, the coverage has been accused of bias against Palestinians effectively providing cover for Israel’s war on Gaza.
To delve into this, we’re speaking to Assal Rad, an Iranian-American scholar of the modern Middle East and fellow at DAWN, who’s also made it her mission to call out and ‘fix’…
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