Israel-Palestine: The double standard in American newsrooms | The Listening Post




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Summary: News coverage in the US of the Palestine-Israel conflict has always favoured Israel but that is beginning to shift. The question is - to what extent and will it last? Contributors: Linda Sarsour - Executive director, MPower Change; Author, We Are Not Here to be Bystanders Omar Baddar - National Policy Council, Arab-American Institute Lara Friedman - President, Foundation for Middle East Peace Philip Weiss - Founder and senior editor, Mondoweiss On our radar Belarusian authorities went to extreme lengths to arrest opposition journalist Roman Protasevich. Richard Gizbert speaks to producer Meenakshi Ravi to find out why. Slovenia: The prime minister’s ‘war with the media’ Another European leader shows his authoritarian side; Slovenia’s prime minister, Janez Janša, says he is at "war with the media". Contributors: Marko Milosavljević - University of Ljubljana, Chair of Journalism Anuška Delić - Editor-in-chief, Oštro Blaž Zgaga - Reporter, Nacional.hr and investigative journalist Boris Tomašič - Host and chief editor, Nova 24 - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/