Great interview in Current Affairs on the role the New York Times played in justifying genocide.
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-the-media-sold-a-genocide
”And they would say it in the same paragraphs; they would say 70,000 or 60,000 or whatever the number was died. And then they would have this—especiallyThe New York Times does this—kind of snarky disclaimer about how these are the Hamas-controlled figures that don't distinguish between civilians and combatants. They basically handwave it away, and then they say, "in response to the killing of 1,200 people on October 7." Where they don't say that—because you're right, it's 800 civilians and 400 active military duty. And you point that out to them, and they don't have an answer, because there is no credible answer they could give to justify that asymmetry.”
Edit: Just wanted to thank the mods. I see notifications for terrible messages but they are quickly deleted. Is nyt reddit routinely spammed with this kind of stuff? Thank you for the thoughtful comments from the majority of people. BTW, I just finished https://www.plutobooks.com/product/how-to-sell-a-genocide/ (the ebook version) and I do recommend it for anyone interested in media criticism. Adam Johnson knows how to empirically call out a double standard.