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When The 'Gold Standard' in News Coverage Lies

JL;DR SUMMARY The article discusses the pervasive influence of media bias, particularly how it affects public perception of conflicts such as the Israel-Gaza war, as reported by the BBC. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HamasGazaMedia BiasPublic OpinionBbcNews CoverageBias In JournalismDeborah TurnessTim Davie

Places mentioned

Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Ive made no secret of my growing awareness of just how biased the media has become. A fact made abundantly clear over the last two years by their coverage of the war in Gaza."
Israel
"Some of those correspondents, it was later discovered, had actual connections to Hamas - the very terrorists Israel was fighting."
London, England, United Kingdom
"Recently, this bias was exposed by The Telegraph, a conservative British newspaper, which laid out in detail how the BBC knowingly misled the public."
United Kingdom
"The harrowing live footage from the Gaza conflict was widely covered by media outlets across the world, especially those based in the UK."
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"their efforts have borne fruit. Universities like Columbia and Cornell have now expanded their antisemitism initiatives. In return government funding for their research programs has been restored."
New York, United States
"Thanks to initiatives in universities like Columbia and Cornell, based in New York, there is a renewed focus on antisemitism."

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