|
|
What the BBC fails to tell you about October 7 [2023]
Cook, Jonathan
http://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2023-11-02/bbc-october-7/Date Written: 2023-11-02 Year Published: 2023 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX25010 It is journalistic malpractice for the media to still be repeating so credulously the Israeli military's account of that day. Abstract: - Excerpt: Consider for a moment the stark contrast in the western media's treatment of events on October 7 and its treatment of the strike on the car park at Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in northern Gaza on October 17, in which hundreds of Palestinians were reported killed. In the case of Al-Ahli, the media were only too ready to cast aside all the evidence that the hospital had been hit by an Israeli strike immediately Israel contested the claim. Instead journalists hurriedly amplified Israel's counter-allegation that a Palestinian rocket had fallen on the hospital. Most of the media moved on after concluding 'The truth may never be clear', or even less credibly, that Palestinian militants were the most likely culprits. In telling contrast, the western media have not been willing to raise even a single question about what happened on October 7. They have enthusiastically attributed every horror that day to Hamas. They have ignored the reality of utter chaos that reigned for many hours and the potential for poor, desperate and morally dubious decision-making by the Israeli military. Subject Headings |