The Guardian reveals CNN’s pro-Israel bias is no accident, but a
conscious and complex effort directed from the very top of the network.
from Mondoweiss
The British Guardian has just published an extraordinary, thorough confirmation
of what we already suspected — that CNN’s bias about reporting Israel’s
war on Gaza is no accident, but a conscious and complex policy directed
from the very top of the network.
The Guardian’s long report should be entered in every prize
competition possible. Chris McGreal got six network insiders in multiple
CNN newsrooms to talk. He also got his hands on “more than a dozen
internal memos and emails.” The report — the Guardian does not have a paywall — runs on for 16 printed pages. Here is its lead sentence:
“CNN is facing a backlash from its own staff over editorial policies
they say have led to a regurgitation of Israeli propaganda and the
censoring of Palestinian perspectives in the network’s coverage of the
war in Gaza.”
You get the impression that CNN spends just as much time distorting
the news as it does actually gathering it. Here’s a quick summary:
“. . . daily news decisions are set by a flow of directives from the
CNN headquarters in Atlanta that have set strict guidelines on coverage.
“They include tight restrictions on quoting Hamas and reporting other
Palestinian perspectives while Israel government statements are taken
at face value.”
Then, even more extraordinary:
“In addition, every story on the conflict must be cleared by the Jerusalem bureau before broadcast or publication.”
This is exactly how authoritarian regimes control their news output...
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