She made particular reference to Reuters’ reporting on Israel’s killing of prominent Al-Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif and six other media workers on August 10, saying the agency had “perpetuate[d] Israel’s propaganda”. She said it had been “wilfully abandoning the most basic responsibility of journalism” by publishing the “baseless claim” from the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) that Al-Sharif was an operative for Hamas.
An initial report published by Reuters received backlash after running with the headline: “Israel kills Al Jazeera journalist it says was Hamas leader”.
Zink said she could no longer wear her press pass without feeling “shame and grief”, as she shared an image of her press card snapped in half alongside her statement.
I didn’t know that about the vetting of journalists. You think there is access journalism at play in terms of the favorable treatment in articles or is it just plain old bias?
It’s both. You don’t bite the hand that feeds you as hard as it might deserve to be bitten. Selection bias is the main thing I see in news. They wouldn’t have that position long if they engaged in wrong-think or pointed the camera in the wrong class’ direction.