Influential Media

I didn't know much about the conflict between Israel and Palestine. I found it interesting how the media covers the conflict as a whole. Its really a messed up situation because most don't know what actually is going on over there unless they are there. Journalist have political ties and also just basically cover stories that interest them and they make their side of the fight look better through biased practices. Phrases like "brutal murder," "mass murder," "savage cold blooded killing," "lynching" and "slaughter" were used to describe the death of Israelis but not the death of Palestinians. There are articles that refer to Palestinians as terrorist and then you have Palestinians who refer to Israelis as "extremists" and "vigilantes". The Battle of Jenin is a good example of how exaggeration in media occurs. What separates a journalists from other types of publications like propaganda, fiction, or entertainment is that they have ethical standards to follow and they check their facts and make sure their sources are credible. Well, in the Battle of Jenin there was an article that was posted that claimed a massacre had taken place and that hundreds of Palestinians were dead. Come to find out the death toll was 50 and in fact a massacre did not take place. Basically what is going on is you have the Palestinians who want the Isrealis to look bad and Israelis who want the Palestinians to look bad. So in essence, what is being posted about the conflict is not true journalism it is propaganda. It will also being interesting to see how social media influences this conflict. There could be live broadcastings of these radical events going on and anyone across the world can see them. 

"Thanks to mobile recording technology, Palestinian and Israeli leaders have lost control of the narrative—and of their own extremists."