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> Would his statements be better if he were pro-Gaza or something else? How about he and CBS News and TikTok be neutral and truth seeking rather than being pro

> Would his statements be better if he were pro-Gaza or something else? How about he and CBS News and TikTok be neutral and truth seeking rather than being pro-Israel or pro-Palestinian? I would like news organizations to be truth seeking and I would like social media to not be tinting my view of the world towards what their billionaire owners want. Maybe that is too much?

JumpCrisscross 1y ago
> How about he and CBS News and TikTok be neutral and truth seeking rather than being pro-Israel or pro-Palestinian? I agree. But easier said than done. Especially when it comes to something as polarising as Gaza, playing the moderate essentially cedes the debate. (Both sources you mention are supported by ads. Their metric is engagement, not informativeness.)
- bhouston 1y ago
  > Especially when it comes to something as polarising as Gaza One should expect news sources to report that the main Israeli human rights groups believe it is a genocide, the main international human rights groups believe it is a genocide, UN investigatory panels believe it is a genocide, genocide scholars believe it is a genocide: https://www.btselem.org/publications/202507_our_genocide https://www.btselem.org/publications/202507_our_genocide https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/12/amnesty-international-concludes-israel-is-committing-genocide-against-palestinians-in-gaza/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/12/amnesty-inter... https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/09/israel-has-committed-genocide-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/09/israel-has-c... https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cde3eyzdr63o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cde3eyzdr63o Those that disagree with this assessment are in a minority. But to you it is just "polarizing." You are denying reality that is in front of you because you want to. And this is resulting in more families being wiped out, people starving to death and for Netanyahu and his coalition that want to "voluntary migrate" the Palestinians away from Gaza for Israeli settlements: https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/middleeast/israel-approves-proposal-to-facilitate-emigration-of-palestinians-from-gaza-intl https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/middleeast/israel-approves-pr...

JumpCrisscross 1y ago

> How about he and CBS News and TikTok be neutral and truth seeking rather than being pro-Israel or pro-Palestinian? I agree. But easier said than done. Especially when it comes to something as polarising as Gaza, playing the moderate essentially cedes the debate. (Both sources you mention are supported by ads. Their metric is engagement, not informativeness.)

bhouston 1y ago
> Especially when it comes to something as polarising as Gaza One should expect news sources to report that the main Israeli human rights groups believe it is a genocide, the main international human rights groups believe it is a genocide, UN investigatory panels believe it is a genocide, genocide scholars believe it is a genocide: https://www.btselem.org/publications/202507_our_genocide https://www.btselem.org/publications/202507_our_genocide https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/12/amnesty-international-concludes-israel-is-committing-genocide-against-palestinians-in-gaza/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/12/amnesty-inter... https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/09/israel-has-committed-genocide-gaza-strip-un-commission-finds https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/09/israel-has-c... https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cde3eyzdr63o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cde3eyzdr63o Those that disagree with this assessment are in a minority. But to you it is just "polarizing." You are denying reality that is in front of you because you want to. And this is resulting in more families being wiped out, people starving to death and for Netanyahu and his coalition that want to "voluntary migrate" the Palestinians away from Gaza for Israeli settlements: https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/middleeast/israel-approves-proposal-to-facilitate-emigration-of-palestinians-from-gaza-intl https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/middleeast/israel-approves-pr...