Forget Starbucks. Boycott the New York Times | Mona Chalabi | Real Talk
‘These journalistic institutions have done far more to support the genocide than… Starbucks or McDonald’s’
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mona Chalabi joins Real Talk to unpack how mainstream media coverage has enabled Israel’s war on Gaza, and why she’s calling to boycott outlets aiding that effort. She also reflects on how many of these same patterns were present in the run-up to the Iraq War and its aftermath.
Mona shares personal experiences from inside different newsrooms, including moments of racism and Islamophobia, and reflects on what it meant to be asked about her "relation" to…
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