British Media: Palestine & Israel
I have posted a few times about the bias reporting in the media and the effects certain words have on the general public. Interstingly, Arab Media Watch have just completed a very compelling report relating to British newspapers and their coverage of the Palestinain/Israeli conflict. Download pdf here
As you may have guessed, bias and unfair reporting isn’t just the domain of the BBC etc al, newspapers have been guilty of this major crime for years.
Whether people take notice of this report or not remains to be seen, but i for one, personally acknowledge its importance but more importantly the neccessity of these newspapers to answer some serious questions.
Below is a table comparing the usage of descriptive words between Palestinain attacks and Israeli attacks by major newspapers in the United Kingdom.
| Newspaper | Journalist | Palestinian Attack | Israeli Attack |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Indepenent | Eric Silver | Massacre | Violence |
| Carnage | |||
| The Daily Mail |
Matthew Kalman | Firing Indiscriminately | Violence |
| Carnage | Offensive | ||
| Bloodbath | Campaign | ||
| Frantic | |||
| Atrocity | |||
| Sunday Express | Matthew Kalman | Slaughter | Incursion |
| Atrocity | |||
| Bloodbath | |||
| Massacre | |||
| Slayings | |||
| Daily Mirror | Mark Dowdney | Massacre | Offensive |
| Allison Martin | Terrorist | Offensive | |
| The Observer | Toni O’Loughlin | Massacre | Offensive |
| Incursion | |||
| The Sun | Alex West | Massacre | Offensive |
| Daily Telegraph | Tim Butcher | Slaughter | Assault |
| Terrorist | Operations | ||
| Bloodbath | |||
| The Times | Sheera Clair Frenkel | Terror | Offensive |
| Terrorist | Operation | ||
| Strikes |
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