HUGE Breaking News: The IDF has now published a full dossier exposing a whopping 170 Gaza “journalists” who…
Armed Conflict · · Gaza, Palestine
HUGE Breaking News: The IDF has now published a full dossier exposing a whopping 170 Gaza “journalists” who were actually military operatives in Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other terrorist organizations.
The names cut across an astonishingly broad swath of the media ecosystem. The files include people reported to have worked for Al Jazeera, Reuters, AP, CNN, BBC, AFP, ABC, Le Monde, Radio France, Anadolu and dozens of Palestinian media organizations.
But the scandal here goes far beyond the 170 names.
A profession that asks the world to treat journalists as sacrosanct has an obligation to defend the meaning of the word journalist.
Journalism isn’t sacred because someone wears a PRESS vest. It’s sacred because truth is supposed to matter more than tribe, ideology, access or narrative.
Journalists are supposed to interrogate sources, not become stenographers for a cause.
The proper response to 170 detailed allegations is neither blind acceptance nor reflexive dismissal. It’s investigation.
Check the military IDs. Check the unit assignments. Check the employment histories. Ask the outlets what they knew.
Journalists should do journalism.
Source: @Eitan Fischberger
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