Gaza Doctor Corrects CNN Anchor: 'This Is Not a Humanitarian Crisis... This Is Genocide' | Common Dreams
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"History books will be written on this and countries will have to reckon—media agencies will have to reckon—with their major role in the genocide," said Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan.
  • @[email protected]
    -24•4 hours ago

    It’s not a genocide. The genocide rhetoric is similar to the extreme right “white replacement theory” rhetoric in that it’s meant to incite violence.

    Responsible media sources want no part in inciting violence so won’t publish this kind of thing. And really their job is to report the facts not cast judgement. In a murder case they’ll say the word “alleged” a lot because of this. And genocide is a much bigger accusation, so they won’t be using that word unless a body with the authority to make that judgment does so. And there’s been no update about the concerns the UN had six months ago. Probably because the genocide the ghouls wanted to happen (to make their internet arguments stronger and get more of that sweet monetization money) didn’t actually happen.

    And really mainstream media is doing a solid for the pro-Palestinian movement by avoiding having the genocide false accusations discussed. Y’all sound like crazy people by constantly making this unsubstantiated accusation. From talking to people in this site my conclusion is you’re starting with genocide as a fact and desperately trying to find anything that supports this while ignoring anything to the contrary. It’s ghoulish behavior and it’s resulting in extreme gatekeeping which prevents there from being any new allies to your cause. But I guess you feel pure and good by making these false accusations and that matters more to you than people’s lives on the other side of the world.

    • @Camzing
      3•3 hours ago

      Would it be better if we call it an alleged genocide until the dust settles?

      • @[email protected]
        -8•3 hours ago

        “Alleged” is for when there’s an ongoing legal case. If you shot someone you’d be a suspected shooter until you’re charged with a crime. If you’re legally charged for murder, you’d then be called an alleged murderer. If you’re convicted of murder then you’d be called a murderer.

        If you apply the same rules, then the media should only use words that describe what happened (bombing, shooting, shelling etc.) and not use words that indicate it’s a crime until there are legal charges.

        It doesn’t matter how much you feel that Kyle Rittenhouse murdered people, the media won’t refer to him that way because he wasn’t convicted. Responsible media will handle a word like genocide with even more care since its an even bigger crime than murder.

        Ultimately it will be history that will judge whether it’s a genocide or conversely whether people have been making false accusations of genocide as apart of a propaganda campaign. Nobody serious in any position of responsibility will use the word genocide unless there’s compelling evidence. And so far we’ve only seen the kinds of things that happen in every war occurring. So it’s rightly termed a war no matter how many times one side of the conflict want it called a genocide. This is obvious propaganda, and responsible media source won’t be a part of that.