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Originally Posted by blankall
There is no freedom of press in Hamas' Gaza. Much of the "independent" news from the Gaza Strip is filtered through Hamas. Hamas gives the independent media stringers to supply them with photos.
I think it's fair of you to take any pro-government news source with a grain of salt, but that same discretion should be applied to all news sources in this conflict. Journalists aren't allowed to walk around freely in Gaza. The Israeli government will obviously always present facts in ways which best suits its own agenda.
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In the age of Twitter, news from independent outlets is much closer to the ground. You can see real time events from a variety of reporters and photographers.
As for Hamas supplying media stringers: sure. But I view that no different than the IDF taking Wolf Blitzer for a trip through some tunnels. Or having David Gregory serve as a de facto mouth piece for US government positions.