No offense but independent media has way bigger reach than mainstream outlets like AJ, NYT and the like. Twitter, Tiktok and Telegram are the primary news source for a lot of people, particularly in out here in the developing world. It's inaccurate to assume that big outlets have some sort of monopoly on readership, when this just isn't the case anymore. Maybe ten years ago they may have had a unique role compared to the rest, but today they mainly compete alongside independent news on these same platforms, and are doing more harm than good and have outlived their purpose. Maybe they're not comparable to NYT and the guardian, but a better comparison would be TRT world, it's still imperialist state broadcasting that is using Palestinian suffering as a way to stir up religious divides to further a political agenda that doesn't give a shit about Palestine at all. The end result of their efforts over the course of this 14 month genocidal campaign is to weaken the Palestinian cause on the ground, and funnel well meaning people into dangerous and counterproductive ideologies.
Cannot perform investigative journalism, so they rely on the mainstream news outlets to gather info in the first place. If social media sites act as retailers, then mainstream outlets are the factories.
There are actual primary sources that propagate through telegram because anywhere else they are likely to be censored or banned, particularly in regards to Palestine, and also in the Ukraine. I recommend looking into the ecosystem of how this sort of news gets around, as it's how a lot of the firsthand accounts and atrocities from people are made visible, without the corporate middleman that usually spins it.
No offense but independent media has way bigger reach than mainstream outlets like AJ, NYT and the like. Twitter, Tiktok and Telegram are the primary news source for a lot of people, particularly in out here in the developing world. It's inaccurate to assume that big outlets have some sort of monopoly on readership, when this just isn't the case anymore. Maybe ten years ago they may have had a unique role compared to the rest, but today they mainly compete alongside independent news on these same platforms, and are doing more harm than good and have outlived their purpose. Maybe they're not comparable to NYT and the guardian, but a better comparison would be TRT world, it's still imperialist state broadcasting that is using Palestinian suffering as a way to stir up religious divides to further a political agenda that doesn't give a shit about Palestine at all. The end result of their efforts over the course of this 14 month genocidal campaign is to weaken the Palestinian cause on the ground, and funnel well meaning people into dangerous and counterproductive ideologies.
Cannot perform investigative journalism, so they rely on the mainstream news outlets to gather info in the first place. If social media sites act as retailers, then mainstream outlets are the factories.
There are actual primary sources that propagate through telegram because anywhere else they are likely to be censored or banned, particularly in regards to Palestine, and also in the Ukraine. I recommend looking into the ecosystem of how this sort of news gets around, as it's how a lot of the firsthand accounts and atrocities from people are made visible, without the corporate middleman that usually spins it.