When Palestinian and pro-Hamas protestors organized marches around the country, media outlets devoted copious amounts of coverage to the events. The Washington Post went so far as to dedicate the front page of the next day’s paper to flattering, uncritical coverage of the marches while ignoring the 240 Israeli hostages. Yesterday, when nearly 300,000 people showed up at a pro-Israeli march at the National Mall led by prominent Republicans and Democrats, the Washington Post buried the story in the back half of the paper.
The Dichotomy of Protests
The Dichotomy of Protests
The Dichotomy of Protests
When Palestinian and pro-Hamas protestors organized marches around the country, media outlets devoted copious amounts of coverage to the events. The Washington Post went so far as to dedicate the front page of the next day’s paper to flattering, uncritical coverage of the marches while ignoring the 240 Israeli hostages. Yesterday, when nearly 300,000 people showed up at a pro-Israeli march at the National Mall led by prominent Republicans and Democrats, the Washington Post buried the story in the back half of the paper.