News Brief: Quantifying the Media's Selective Humanity in Gaza
Added 2024-01-17 19:37:55 +0000 UTCHappy New Year, everyone! In this News Brief, we are joined by Adam's co-author of two recent studies—one of print and one of cable news—detailing US's media's double standards when covering the 'Gaza conflict.'
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Guest
Otto Ali is a Palestinian-American researcher and data analyst with advanced degrees in political science and data analysis. His research focuses on quantitative approaches to identifying mass media bias, disinformation, censorship, and the effect of media coverage on public sentiment.
Otto Ali is a pseudonym used by Adam's co-author in a professional capacity when doing data and media analysis about Palestine.
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Show Notes
Adam Johnson and Otto Ali | January 9, 2024 | The Intercept
CBC says killing of Palestinians doesn’t merit terms ‘murderous,’ ‘brutal’
Emma Paling | January 5, 2024 | The Breach
Devi Sridhar | December 29, 2023 | The Guardian
CBC featured more Israelis even as Palestinian casualties rose, data shows
Emma Paling | December 23, 2023 | The Breach
Palestinian deaths count for less in Canada’s newspapers. Data proves it
Martin Lukacs, Katia Lo Innes and Ben Cuthbert | December 22, 2023 | The Breach
What Gaza's death toll says about the war
Merlyn Thomas | December 20, 2023 | BBC
Natasha Bertrand and Katie Bo Lillis | December 14, 2023 | CNN
Bias in BBC Reporting on Palestine
Dana Najjar and Jan Lietava | December 2023 | GitHub
“Let’s Wait Till Israel Says Something”: Why the Media Has Failed the Test of the War in Gaza
Razia Iqbal | December 5, 2023 | The Nation
“As if They Just Dropped Dead”: Navigating the Israel-Palestine War of Words
Henry Carnell | November 22, 2023 | Mother Jones
“Massacred” vs “Left to Die”: Documenting Media Bias Against Palestinians Oct 7 - Nov 7
Otto Ali | November 15, 2023 | The Column
Holly Jackson | October 2023 | GitHub
Media coverage of Israel and Gaza is rife with deadly double standards
Editorial | October 23, 2023 | The New Humanitarian
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Transcript
For a full transcript of this episode, go here. You can find transcripts of past episodes and News Briefs here.
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Credits
Senior Producer: Florence Barrau-Adams
Producer: Julianne Tveten
Production Assistant: Trendel Lightburn
Newsletter: Marco Cartolano
Transcription: Mahnoor Imran
Music: Grandaddy
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