• @HowMany@lemmy.ml
    hexbear
    16
    8 months ago

    I'll bet they do. Al Jazeera is one of the most authentic and honest news sources on the planet - delivering NEWS - not editorials. The NEWS (actual real news) is not welcome by such right wing despots as Netanyahu because it shines the light of truth on their lies.

    I hope for the sake of Israel and Palestine that Israel doesn't blot out Al Jazeera at a time when the truth is far more important than any right wing lies.

  • Ensign Rick@startrek.website
    hexbear
    1
    edit-2
    8 months ago

    I am generally uninformed on this conflict beyond reading a a synopsis or history for the pass century or so this week, the agenda on either side seems pretty blatant from the media outlets. Now I haven't seen Israeli media directly but seeing what us centric media is reporting My god, I watched fox news and they were basically foaming at the mouth and showing the same clips and had a woman that would say the same thing every few hours trying to dehumanize the other side. I watched al Jazeera last night for a few hours and they frame the attack on Saturday as a counter attack (forever recursively correct) overlook what happened as much as possible and frame context to give it a morality pass and generally are trying to downplay how western media is reporting it.. I took a look at who owns al Jazeera, it's state run media from Qatar. We all know foxnews is basically ultra conservatives circle jerk. It's two sides slinging shit. However, al Jazeera seems to point out the lack of Israeli media allowing any western reporting of what's really happening in gaza which I 100% agree with. It's good to get perspective on either sides but to me both western and Arab centric outlets are obviously pushing their agendas.

    I acknowledge my ignorance on the complexities on this issue and am only providing my take as someone trying to understand this issue from the woefully biased reporting surrounding this issue.

    • TheLepidopterists [he/him]
      hexbear
      1
      8 months ago

      If you're concerned about talking heads putting a spin on something, maybe you'd like to see some on the ground reporting from within southern Gaza?

      https://twitter.com/CGTNOfficial/status/1713229280874803382

      Warning, I guess, it's CGTN, but the reporter is in front of a hospital in Gaza and discusses what she's seeing (and you see with your own eyes) for about 10 minutes.