{"id":1624457,"date":"2024-04-23T01:29:13","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T01:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/?p=100103"},"modified":"2024-04-23T01:29:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T01:29:13","slug":"malcolm-evans-a-new-low-in-nz-medias-record-of-bias-over-palestine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2024\/04\/23\/malcolm-evans-a-new-low-in-nz-medias-record-of-bias-over-palestine\/","title":{"rendered":"Malcolm Evans: A new low in NZ media\u2019s record of bias over Palestine"},"content":{"rendered":"

COMMENTARY:<\/strong> By Malcolm Evans<\/em><\/p>\n

Last week\u2019s leaked New York Times<\/em> staff directive<\/a>, as to what words can and cannot be used to describe the carnage Israel is raining on Palestinians, is proof positive, since those reports are published verbatim here in New Zealand, that our understanding of the conflict is carefully managed to always reflect a pro-Israel bias.<\/p>\n

Forget the humanity of 120,000 dead and wounded Palestinians and countless others facing famine and disease sheltering in tents or what\u2019s left of destroyed buildings, even internationally recognised terms and phrases such as \u201cgenocide,\u201d \u201coccupied territory,\u201d \u201cethnic cleansing\u201d and even \u201crefugee camps\u201d are discouraged, along with \u201cslaughter\u201d, \u201cmassacre\u201d and \u201ccarnage\u201d.<\/p>\n

Though such language restrictions are claimed to be in the interests of “fairness”, an earlier investigation showed<\/a> that between October 7 and November 14, The Times<\/em> used the word \u201cmassacre\u201d 53 times when it referred to Israelis being killed by Palestinians and only once in reference to Palestinians being killed by Israel.<\/p>\n