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"When it comes to covering the Middle East, News Corporation has two guiding
principles. The first is that it supports Israel, which means it opposes any
nation, organisation or individual that doesn’t. This support is decades old
and it’s unwavering, even in the face of global condemnation of Israel for the
atrocities committed in Gaza.
News’ loyalty doesn’t just determine news content in the foreign pages of its
newspapers. It also shapes the way it covers local events, down to who gets
targeted for criticism.
Young Jewish lawyer Sarah Schwartz has campaigned against Israel’s human rights
abuses. For this, she has been subjected to sustained criticism that has
demonstrated the other principle guiding News’ coverage. You could call this
the “we’re‑always‑right‑no‑matter‑what” approach, which allows News to sustain
its editorial assaults even in the face of inconvenient inconsistencies.
On the one hand, News has attacked Schwartz for being supposedly antisemitic.
On the other, it has criticised her for calling out the antisemitism she’s been
subjected to by her Zionist opponents. But when you’re always right no matter
what, this is not an inconsistency at all.
Her story demonstrates how News goes about contriving controversy to discredit
both individuals and what they’re saying, with little regard for the effect it
has on the person being targeted. We interviewed her about her experience of
News’ coverage last August."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
