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Reuters is losing credibility. Case-study: Reuters ‘Crisis In Gaza’ pictorial report
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Friday January 09, 2009 16:51 by A Meagher
Another reason to be grateful for Indymedia and community media outlets. I logged onto Reuters to see photo-reports that would inform me in-depth about the latest in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. I was disappointed and wrote to the agency to complain, saying: Your war coverage (I viewed 56 ‘Crisis in Gaza’ photographs published on January 8th) is dishonest and factually incorrect in purporting to show that "both sides" are suffering greatly. Reuters is losing credibility. |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3Thanks for that. Robert Fisk has also said something about balanced news coverage. He said this coverage is so far unbalanced because its giving both sides the same amount of coverage, whereas it should be Gaza getting overwhelming coverage.
Also, the 'crisis'? the pork situation in Ireland was a crisis, nearly 800 dead is a massive war crime
Maybe its because their conclusion is that war sucks wherever it is, while your conclusion is that war sucks only when it hits Palestinians.
Update: Millions of people rely on Reuters reports (do you read a daily 'paper?) so I emailed them again. This time, I also emailed their Dublin office and their chief correspondent in Ireland and I forwarded the complaint to a US media industry magazine/website: editorandpublisher.com
If you wish to complain to Reuters, email: dublin.newsroom@reuters.com, paul.hoskins@reuters.com, reuters@mailca.custhelp.com, alertnet@reuters.com
Here's a few-lines to use or edit to your own taste, or write your own:
"The pictorial web report titled 'Crisis in Gaza' is dishonest and misleading. Children in Gaza are being killed in the hundreds by Israelis and your pictorial report depicts a tit-for-tat war (you term it a "crisis"). You suggest there are roughly equal numbers of victims on both sides. Your coverage is plain wrong.
Get it right, in memory of your fallen Gaza media colleague Fadel Shana!
Get it right, out of respect to the children in Gaza who will die tomorrow in a pointless war that you could be covering honestly."