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Alternative Facts (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Ukrainians are killed, Palestinians die

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think your comparison is bullshit. Argument is not without merit but you chose a shit example that doesn't make that argument

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

US corporate media lean in favor of Israel. As Abeer Al-Najjar (New Arab, 7/28/22) noted: “The framing, sourcing, selection of facts, and language choices used to report on Palestine…often reveal systematic biases which distort the Palestinian struggle.”

Maybe this will help.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It's also two completely different stories. One is about an air strike and someone who died in it. Another is about an air strike and someone who called for help and kept people on edge for days wondering if she would be rescued in time. Unfortunately, by the time they found her she was dead. These meme is outrage bait for emotional reactionaries.

[–] [email protected] 95 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

When you so badly want to outrage others, you can find things to cause others to be so badly be outraged.

This meme is as bad as the “man in the street” interviews that only show you the side they want you to see.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/four-palestinians-including-two-children-killed-by-israeli-forces-west-bank-2023-11-29/

https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/eight-palestinian-children-killed-gaza-strip-last-night

https://www.savethechildren.net/news/least-101-children-killed-west-bank-year

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/gallery/2023/12/28/photos-gaza-children

https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-11-1-2023-children-killed-4a352398b32887e60a658e0270f0a021

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/palestinian-child-killed-by-israeli-police-in-east-jerusalem/3128312

EDIT: there’s tons of more articles just like this one.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You're the one doing the man in street thing though. The post's point holds up statistically yours doesn't https://theintercept.com/2024/01/09/newspapers-israel-palestine-bias-new-york-times/

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