Media accountability
The language.
The responsibility.
Who is named, who disappears from the sentence, and how a child’s death is described. Preserve the words and examine their effect.
A selected historical record. Sourced facts and quotation excerpts are distinguished from FreeGaza.com’s editorial criticism.
Sean Bell: describing a four-year-old as a “young lady”
Ruqaya Ahmad Odeh Jahalin’s death, the broadcast wording and the responsibility obscured by it.
Read the record ↗What this section examines.
Media organisations influence how audiences understand civilian harm. These records identify the speaker and outlet, show the language being criticised and link to the evidence. Editorial influence is examined separately from the powers and decisions of governments.
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