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Originally Posted by FlameOn
So listening to the CBC podcast this morning, why are they still reporting Gaza Health Ministry casualty numbers, without disclaimer, when the ministry is directly controlled by Hamas and have been independently caught falsifying numbers now by multiple countries/intelligence organizations? The Gazan health authorities still have not adjusted down the number after the lies about the Al Ahli hospital incident.
Even the BBC now says "The Gaza Health ministry claims casualty in the last 24 hrs as X, these figures cannot be independently verified". Whereas the CBC states "incidentally the Health Ministry in Gaza is reporting today there have been over X deaths over the last 24 hrs, that pushes the number of confirmed deaths in Gaza to over Y". One is a statement of claim which a news organization is free to report on while keeping journalistic integrity, the other is a statement of fact without verification when there have been known falsehoods published by the source.
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Most mainstream media in the West, especially public corporations, walk on eggshells when it comes to political issues regarding Islam. You can call it part of Islamophobia if you want, but the lobby in these countries is much bigger than that of Israel's. I know that this will be contentious, but countries in the West don't fear Israel if you criticize them, but the same isn't true for the other side.