Or when journalists do not challenge Israeli references to Palestinians as "Arabs," effectively erasing Palestinian identity.
“objectivity” feels fickle when the basic terms we use to report news implicitly stake a claim. using “israel” but never “palestine,” or “war” but not “siege and occupation” are political choices—yet media make those exact choices all the time without being flagged as biased
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Israel have a policy of dehumanising Palestinians. Few people understand life under occupation.
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If you think about it, the biggest impediment to anything approaching real news is the monolithic mainstream news industry involved in the industrial manufacture and distribution of propaganda. A close second is a credulous population of true believers immune to reason.
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It’s not Palestine’s fault that powerful nations like the US block groups like the UN from recognizing it as a nation.
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The US is literally one of the only countries in the world that refuse to call Palestine a nation. Ignoring this pure fact is the definition of bias.
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Similarly, Planned Parenthood is inevitably referred to as an abortion clinic, as opposed to say, one for family planning, or, gasp, women's health
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