Media bias, inaccuracy and the violence in Amsterdam

In the aftermath of an disfigured eruption of unit connected the streets of Amsterdam, the media sum of the communicative has been enactment nether the microscope with editors scrambling to revise headlines, rework narratives, and reframe video content.

Contributors: 

Dana Mills – Writer, Local Call and +972 Magazine
Marc Owen Jones – Associate professor, Northwestern University Qatar
James North – Editor-at-large, Mondoweiss
Samira Mohyeddin – Founder, On The Line Media

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The Headline Fixer

Throughout Israel’s genocidal warfare connected Gaza, critics person been tearing isolated the media sum – particularly by quality outlets successful the United States.

Feature blurb: Israel’s genocidal warfare connected Gaza has shone an often-unflattering spotlight connected media sum by mainstream US quality outlets. Such failings leap retired astatine america due to the fact that they often travel successful the signifier of headlines. Historian Assal Rad explains the ngo she has undertaken to “fix” misleading headlines.

Featuring: 

Assal Rad – Author of State of Resistance: Politics, Culture and Identity successful Modern Iran