Some Deaths Really Matter: The Disproportionate Coverage of Israeli And Palestinian Killings | Global Research
An extensive list of news stories and video
reports appeared on the BBC website describing how Israel is ‘united in
grief’, alongside stories titled, ‘Netanyahu: “Wide and deep chasm”
between Israel and enemies’, ‘Thousands gather for Israeli teenagers’ funerals’, ‘Grief and anger after Israel teenager deaths’, and ‘On road where teens vanished’.
These all strongly, and rightly, expressed the broadcaster’s empathy
with the fact that something terrible had happened. But when has the BBC
ever expressed this level of concern for the deaths of Palestinian
teenagers? The question matters because consistent empathic bias has the
effect of humanising Israelis for the public and dehumanising
Palestinians. This is an extremely lethal form of media propaganda with
real consequences for human suffering.
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