Op-Ed: Lessons from the Gaza War, IV:Body Counts as Propaganda
Each day, journalists report an ever-higher number of Gazans who have been killed, bewailing the lack of proportionality.
News media coverage of the Gaza war increasingly is focusing on the body count.
It's an easy way to make Israel look bad. And it tends to obscure who is the real aggressor in this conflict, and who is the real victim.
Each day, journalists report an ever-higher number of Gazans who have been killed, comparing it to the number of Israeli fatalities, which is still, thank G-d, close to zero, although even one Israeli fatality is a whole world. This kind of simplistic reporting creates a sympathetic portrayal of the Palestinians, who are shown to be genuinely suffering, while the Israeli public just seems a little scared.
But there are important reasons that there are so many more Palestinian Arab casualties than Israeli casualties
Lessons from the Gaza War, IV:Body Counts as Propaganda - Op-Eds - Arutz Sheva
Each day, journalists report an ever-higher number of Gazans who have been killed, bewailing the lack of proportionality.
News media coverage of the Gaza war increasingly is focusing on the body count.
It's an easy way to make Israel look bad. And it tends to obscure who is the real aggressor in this conflict, and who is the real victim.
Each day, journalists report an ever-higher number of Gazans who have been killed, comparing it to the number of Israeli fatalities, which is still, thank G-d, close to zero, although even one Israeli fatality is a whole world. This kind of simplistic reporting creates a sympathetic portrayal of the Palestinians, who are shown to be genuinely suffering, while the Israeli public just seems a little scared.
But there are important reasons that there are so many more Palestinian Arab casualties than Israeli casualties
Lessons from the Gaza War, IV:Body Counts as Propaganda - Op-Eds - Arutz Sheva
