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  • 1.  14 Free Videos to Counter One-Sided Media Coverage of Gaza

    Posted Jan 11, 2024 03:11 PM

    To counter the pro-Israel media coverage highlighted by The Intercept's study, the Media Education Foundation (MEF) is making 14 of its acclaimed documentary films available to stream for free until January 22:

    https://go.mediaed.org/free-videos-for-context-on-israels-war-on-gaza

    Here's the press release from MEF:

    "Over the past two-plus decades, the Media Education Foundation has produced and distributed documentary films, and organized a series of high-profile events and talks, to counter U.S. media narratives that have dehumanized the Palestinian people.

    "As Israel's war on Gaza continues, and evidence mounts that these patterns of dehumanization are persisting in U.S. media¹, we've decided to stream fourteen of these films, events, and talks online for free.

    "Our aim all along has been to widen the mainstream debate and discussion around unconditional U.S. military support for Israel, to give voice to expert analysis and on-the-ground testimony that too often get silenced and excluded in American media, and to interrogate how dominant news and entertainment media narratives have shaped our understanding of the Middle East over time."

    (1) "Hundreds of journalists sign letter protesting coverage of Israel," by Laura Wagner and Will Sommer, Washington Post, Nov. 9, 2023. 
    "'Massacred' vs 'Left to Die': Documenting Media Bias Against Palestinians Oct 7 - Nov 7," The Column, Nov. 15, 2023.
    "CNN Runs Gaza Coverage Past Jerusalem Team Operating Under Shadow of IDF Censor," by Daniel Boguslaw, The Intercept, January 4, 2024. 
    "Coverage of Gaza War in the New York Times and Other Major Newspapers Heavily Favored Israel, Analysis Shows," by Adam Johnson and Othman Ali, The Intercept, January 9, 2024.



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    Mark Hudson
    Retired librarian
    Monroeville, PA
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  • 2.  RE: 14 Free Videos to Counter One-Sided Media Coverage of Gaza

    Posted Jan 11, 2024 08:20 PM
    Thanks so much, Mark. Movie time!

    Karyn Pomerantz
    Co-editor of the multiracialunity.org blog

    I am having trouble typing so please excuse typos and short replies (which may be a blessing).






  • 3.  RE: 14 Free Videos to Counter One-Sided Media Coverage of Gaza

    Posted Jan 11, 2024 09:29 PM
    Thanks for sharing this resource! 

    Haymarket books also have some ebooks available for free: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/500-free-e-book-from-the-river-to-the-sea







  • 4.  RE: 14 Free Videos to Counter One-Sided Media Coverage of Gaza

    Posted Jan 11, 2024 10:07 PM
    Excellent, Mark Thanks!







  • 5.  RE: 14 Free Videos to Counter One-Sided Media Coverage of Gaza

    Posted Jan 11, 2024 10:25 PM

    Thanks for this! The Haymarket ebooks look excellent.

    Verso Books is offering Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappe as a free ebook download:

    https://www.versobooks.com/products/370-ten-myths-about-israel

    -- Mark



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    Mark Hudson
    Retired librarian
    Monroeville, PA
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  • 6.  RE: 14 Free Videos to Counter One-Sided Media Coverage of Gaza

    Posted Jan 11, 2024 10:31 PM

    Also, I just noticed, Verso is offering several other free ebooks, including From the River to the Sea in collaboration with Haymarket:

    https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/solidarity-with-palestine-free-resources-and-further-reading



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    Mark Hudson
    Retired librarian
    Monroeville, PA
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