#CensoringAttrocities: There is a deference to those who represent the nation-state, rarely afforded to those who represent the stateless; The words “massacre,” “slaughter,” and “atrocities” are routinely used to describe what Hamas did Yet you’d be hard-pressed to find any of those words attributed to Israel’s actions in Gaza. State terror wears an official mask, with the words “the right to self-defense” emblazoned on it. Meanwhile, we are learning more each day about Israel’s war aims. #ReformTheMedia
#ReformTheMedia: Polls indicate that Williamson’s strongest support comes from young Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents, who have been particularly critical of Biden’s approach to the conflict between Israel and Palestine, and who have been supportive of more ambitious responses to economic inequality, racial injustice and the climate crisis
#ReformTheMedia: Homicide is the leading cause of death of people who are pregnant or have given birth within a year in the US, surpassing dangerous complications such as eclampsia and hemorrhage 55 percent of victims were Black
#ReformTheMedia: when #Alabama#Republicans defied a Supreme #Court ruling, the Times made the ruling seem optional: “Alabama Lawmakers Decline to Create New Majority-Black Congressional District.”