News Brief: Quantifying the Media's Selective Humanity in Gaza

Happy 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

Coverage of Gaza War in the New York Times and Other Major Newspapers Heavily Favored Israel, Analysis Shows.

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

It’s not just bullets and bombs. I have never seen health organisations as worried as they are about disease in Gaza

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

Nearly half of the Israeli munitions dropped on Gaza are imprecise ‘dumb bombs,’ US intelligence assessment finds

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

Analysis of Anti-Palestinian Media Bias in The New York Times and Other Mainstream US Newspapers Since October 7, 2023

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

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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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