Episode 18: Covering Israel/Replacing Joe Manchin

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Nov 12, 2023

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ON THIS EPISODE: Do you trust the media’s reporting on the war in Israel? One critic’s questionable claim got a number of journalists in Gaza in hot water… and in real danger.

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I’ve got a bone to pick with a group that’s upset over mainstream coverage of Israel. They basically accused some photographers covering Gaza of being complicit with Hamas. That led two Israeli politicians to say those journalists should meet the same fate as the terrorists. Why is their critique problematic? And what does it really take to cover a war?

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