Covering Gaza: Dehumanisation of an entire population
In their coverage of the war in Gaza, some in the British media are repeating the disastrous mistakes of the past.
All journalists should take note of a new report on the shortcomings of British media’s output on Israel’s war on Gaza.
In their coverage of the war in Gaza, some in the British media are repeating the disastrous mistakes of the past.
Terms like ‘invasion’, ‘unprovoked aggression’ and ‘resistance’ can and should be used in conflict reporting.
Our lives are still defined by what happened during a few moments on that August evening more than a year ago.
![A demonstrator holds the Lebanese flag during a protest near Parliament as Lebanon marks the one-year anniversary of the explosion in Beirut, August 4 [Aziz Taher/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2021-08-04T174340Z_872713085_RC2GYO996OCW_RTRMADP_3_LEBANON-BLAST-ANNIVERSARY.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Yazidi women’s painful testimonies on the practices of journalists who covered their stories should be a wake-up call.
Wikipedia cofounder Jimmy Wales’ new venture claims that it will ‘fix the news’, but it may also be in need of fixing.
