I listen to NPR almost every day and I’ve never heard them shy away from objective reporting on Gaza. If anything they lean towards sympathy with Palestine.
I agree that the omission in this article is probably a technicality because there is only one source of information and that source died soon after setting himself on fire.
Possibly the reporter who wrote the article and editor sympathises with Israel rather than NPR as a whole. I strongly condemn Hamas and their actions but omitting what the man’s motives for self immolating were when he was very direct and clear about it being an extreme protest against his governments involvement in the genocide against the Palestinian people is fucked. Although it could also be because they don’t want other people to copy him kind of like when they report on mass shooters
Except they did report on it. This is from an early version of the story before they had access to a verified video. This version of the story was only up a couple hours while they were working to verify the information they had.
That’s it.
People are really working to make this something that it’s not.
I listen to NPR almost every day and I’ve never heard them shy away from objective reporting on Gaza. If anything they lean towards sympathy with Palestine.
I agree that the omission in this article is probably a technicality because there is only one source of information and that source died soon after setting himself on fire.
Possibly the reporter who wrote the article and editor sympathises with Israel rather than NPR as a whole. I strongly condemn Hamas and their actions but omitting what the man’s motives for self immolating were when he was very direct and clear about it being an extreme protest against his governments involvement in the genocide against the Palestinian people is fucked. Although it could also be because they don’t want other people to copy him kind of like when they report on mass shooters
Except they did report on it. This is from an early version of the story before they had access to a verified video. This version of the story was only up a couple hours while they were working to verify the information they had.
That’s it.
People are really working to make this something that it’s not.
Right or wrong, his protest is an excellent opportunity for propaganda.
Well now you have heard them shy away. I’d let that story of yours rest now.