https://honestreporting.com/media-ignore-evidence-showing-slain-gaza-journalists-were-terrorists/
On January 7, media widely reported that Israel had killed two Palestinian “journalists” in Gaza.
The stories about the deaths of Al-Jazeera’s freelancers Hamza Al-Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya, who had also been an AFP contributor, were almost identical: All highlighted the fact that the former was the son of Wael Al-Dahdouh, the Qatar-based TV station’s renowned chief correspondent in Gaza.
The stories focused on the personal tragedy of the father, who had lost his immediate family in the war but continued reporting from the field under dangerous conditions.
Media also quoted Al-Jazeera’s condemnation of the deliberate Israeli “targeting” of journalists and mentioned the number of journalists killed so far in the war according to the flawed data of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
No media outlet, however, bothered to update or correct their report when on January 10, the Israeli army released evidence proving Al-Dahdouh and Thuraya had been terror operatives.
On January 7, media widely reported that Israel had killed two Palestinian “journalists” in Gaza.
The stories about the deaths of Al-Jazeera’s freelancers Hamza Al-Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya, who had also been an AFP contributor, were almost identical: All highlighted the fact that the former was the son of Wael Al-Dahdouh, the Qatar-based TV station’s renowned chief correspondent in Gaza.
The stories focused on the personal tragedy of the father, who had lost his immediate family in the war but continued reporting from the field under dangerous conditions.
Media also quoted Al-Jazeera’s condemnation of the deliberate Israeli “targeting” of journalists and mentioned the number of journalists killed so far in the war according to the flawed data of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
No media outlet, however, bothered to update or correct their report when on January 10, the Israeli army released evidence proving Al-Dahdouh and Thuraya had been terror operatives.
