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"A people under occupation will continue to resist in any way it can.

~ Stephen Hawking.

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BIASED U.S. MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE PALESTINE/ISRAEL CONFLICT.


• U.S. Media Coverage of All Deaths: First Year of the Uprising

During the first year of the current uprising, 165 Israelis were killed by Palestinians and at least 549 Palestinians were killed by Israelis. The majority of those killed among both populations were civilians.

ABC reported on 305 Israeli deaths and 327 Palestinian deaths - 185% of Israeli deaths and 60% of Palestinian deaths.

CBS reported on 334 Israeli deaths and 296 Palestinian deaths - 202% of Israeli deaths and 54% of Palestinian deaths.

NBC reported on 227 Israeli deaths and 190 Palestinian deaths - 138% of Israeli deaths and 35% of Palestinian deaths.

In other words, ABC reported Israeli deaths at a rate 3.1 times greater than Palestinian deaths, CBS reported Israeli deaths at a rate 3.8 times greater than Palestinian deaths, and NBC reported Israeli deaths at a rate 4.0 times greater than Palestinian deaths.

On average, the networks reported Israeli deaths at a rate 3.5 times greater than Palestinian deaths (175% of Israeli deaths and 49% of Palestinian deaths).



• U.S. Media Coverage of Childrens Deaths: First Year of the Uprising.

In the first year of the current uprising, 28 Israeli children and at least 131 Palestinian children were killed.4 (Children are defined by international law as those who are 17 and younger.)

ABC reported on 56 Israeli childrens deaths (including repetitions in later newscasts) and 19 Palestinian childrens deaths - 200% of Israeli children and 15% of Palestinian children, a ratio of 13.8 to 1.

CBS reported on 37 Israeli childrens deaths (including repetitions) and 27 Palestinian childrens deaths - 132% of Israeli childrens deaths and 21% of Palestinian childrens deaths, a ratio of 6.4 to 1.

NBC reported on 45 Israeli childrens deaths (including repetitions) and 17 Palestinian childrens deaths - 161% of Israeli children and 13% of Palestinian childrens deaths, a ratio of 12.4 to 1.

Collectively, the networks reported on an average of 46 Israeli childrens deaths - 164% of the Israeli children killed and 21 Palestinian childrens deaths 16% of the Palestinian children killed. In other words, the networks reported on Israeli childrens deaths at a rate 10.2 times greater than Palestinian childrens deaths.


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