Israel has been using the distraction of the Gaza invasion to seize land in the occupied West Bank and attack Palestinians. The New York Times is ignoring the story.
    • merthyr1831@lemmy.worldEnglish
      343·
      9 months ago

      “bias check” website using Israeli sources to declare mondoweiss a hate group is fucking hilarious. immediately lost itself all credibility.

      GTFOH

    • Jaderick@lemmy.worldEnglish
      323·
      9 months ago

      “Overall, we rate Mondoweiss as Left Biased and Questionable due to the blending of opinion with news, the promotion of pro-Palestinian and anti-zionist propaganda, occasional reliance on poor sources, and hate group designation by third-party pro-Israel advocates. (D. Van Zandt 3/4/2017) Updated (12/07/2023)“

      Gonna be honest here, kinda disappointed in mediabiasfactcheck for using the “hate group designation by third-party pro-Israel advocates“ as a measure of credibility while also stating they don’t fact check this source. Brings down my view of them which sucks cause I liked them.

      I appreciate Darkthoughts for linking the credibility measure for discussion though. More posts need that.

      • merthyr1831@lemmy.worldEnglish
        195·
        9 months ago

        Maybe we can’t rely on organisations founded by and for white americans to properly report on the credibility of people who are being bombed by white Americans and their allies.

        • goferking0@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
          121·
          9 months ago

          Mondoweiss exhibits a strong pro-Palestinian bias and is extremely critical of the Israeli government. It frequently publishes content that is negative toward Israeli policies and actions, often portraying them in a highly critical light. For example, the article “Genocide in service of Nakba 2023” is emotionally loaded and one-sided against the Israeli government due to its use of highly charged language and its singular focus on alleged atrocities committed by Israel without providing context or perspectives from the Israeli side. The piece characterizes the situation as a “genocidal war on Gaza” aimed at “depopulation and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people” in “brutal but deliberate stages.” It accuses the Israeli government of engaging in “widespread destruction and industrial-scale slaughter,” cutting off essential supplies like water and food and targeting civilian areas for destruction. The article alleges that these actions are part of a strategy by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to achieve “complete forced displacement” of Palestinians, describing this as “ethnic cleansing” and “genocide” used as a means to an end​. This piece is a one-sided opinion by the author of.

          How dare they have anti genocide bias!

      • NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social
        91·
        9 months ago

        It’s also for “mixing opinion with news” as if it’s not immediately obvious which is which. Also I’d like to see the “anti-Zionist propaganda”.

      • goferking0@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        51·
        9 months ago

        That zandt really hates sources that paint Israel as bad, especially in this case when it was stated by a Jewish anti zionist

    • Jaderick@lemmy.worldEnglish
      81·
      9 months ago

      I’m replying to your edit: the link you gave concluded with “questionable” which explicitly stated part of that determination was from pro-Israel advocacy groups while also stating they did not fact check this source.

      For a site based on combating bias that’s pretty ironic.

      Again I appreciate the credibility check, but this particular instance demonstrated to me that MBFC isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.