By Tom Gross
Donald Trump’s
election as US president has meant the whole notion of ‘fake news’ and
‘alternative facts’ is now very much part of a wider conversation. But for
decades before the Trump era, more honest or open-minded journalists were
aware that some of their colleagues often didn’t tell the whole truth about
all kinds of matters, or cherry-picked what they reported. And perhaps no
subject has been so misreported as the Palestinian issue.
Western media has
often focused on this issue to the detriment of many other conflicts or
independence movements throughout the world. The BBC, in particular, has
devoted an inordinate amount of its budget and staff to covering the West
Bank and Gaza in thousands of reports over the years. But you would be hard
pressed to learn from the BBC’s coverage that, despite many difficulties,
Gaza’s economy is also thriving in all kinds of ways.
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