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Originally Posted by Damien
War reporters can also be embedded elsewhere in a conflict. The reason they're allowed in 'under IDF escort' is because the IDF then controls what they see, where they go and who they talk to. They don't even like reporters recording over Gaza as they fly because of the devastation they've levelled upon it.
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Yes reporters can be "embedded" but that does not give them unfettered access, and they will go were the unit they are embedded with go, and they will do exactly what the soldiers tell them to do, and if the soldiers tell them to stay where they are, they will stay where they are and they will see what the soldiers around them want them to see.
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Freedom of information should not be derided as an obsession. It's what our values are built upon. Not only are we starved of news about Gaza but any remaining reporters there are being starved.
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Mainstream media is not Hamas apologist. That's a preposterous thing to say and you supply no evidence to back up the claim.
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anybody that takes the word of the Hamas Ministry of Health as Gospel is treated with suspicion.
And you only have to listen to the many, many reports given by Jeremy Bowen to know which side he's on.
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Originally Posted by Damien
No, but the lack of access allows Israel to obfuscate what is happening. We can post news, death figures from Gaza and Israel will deny it. News organisations ask for access so they can see, Israel says No.
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That's a very naive view.
Reporters were embedded with UK and US troops and they were shown exactly what they needed to be shown and the UK and US control the narrative.
The difference is if you embedded reporters with the IDF, regardless, no one would believe the reporting unless it showed the cold blooded murder of Palestinians. Israel would be on a hiding to nothing, so why bother in the first place.