This has been really obvious over the last few weeks since they started firing missiles at Iran.
It’s pretty gross honestly.
Exclusive: data reveals pro-Israel bias in ABC coverage since October 7
Submitted 3 days ago by zero_gravitas@aussie.zone to australianpolitics@aussie.zone
https://www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-data-reveals-pro-israel
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null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
sola@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Can anyone explain to me why? Why Israel gets so much mainstream media attention? Israel is practically irrelevant to Australia’s future.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 days ago
They get a lot of attention because they’re a majority (in terms of political power, if not numbers) white nation that Australia does quite a lot of trade with, who are currently committing genocide.
Australia could stop our arms trade with them, but that would make America mad. And it would also make the pro-Israel lobby in Australia mad. It’s not really clear to me why we care what the pro-Israel lobby says; they’re a vanishingly small number. But for whatever reason, politicians on both sides do listen to them.
sola@aussie.zone 3 days ago
I don’t like to reduce explainations to -isms but I cannot think of a better reason. They just think brown people/Muslims are inferior and doesn’t upset them at the injustice of killing them compared to the deaths of white/Christian/Jew.
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
The most common religion in Australia is Christianity.
As a result there’s a prevailing assumption that Israel are the good guys because they live in the holy land.
That’s it, really.
FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
happy cake dat
Ilandar@lemmy.today 3 days ago
Rightly or wrongly, it has become a culture war issue where support of Israel is associated with centre to right positions whilst opposition is associated with left positions (not saying it has to be either/or, that’s just how it’s commonly framed). A lot of Australia’s media ecosystem is either centre or right leaning, which means they will inevitably push the Israeli narrative harder. Additionally, the pro-Israel lobby is super active and well financed and rabidly goes after any journalist or publication that doesn’t adhere to this default framing of current events. In places like the ABC and the BBC, I think both factors influence the reporting which is why you see a subtle bias despite those organisations claiming a position of balance.
Substance_P@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Shocker, never noticed /s
Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Meet the founder of NewsCord: The AI platform holding Western media bias to account
Shocked by the coverage of Gaza in the mainstream Western media, Nima set aside time from his full-time corporate job to create NewsCord, a generative AI platform that compares and contrasts said coverage.
newarab.com/…/newcord-ai-platform-holding-western…
Guy makes a company to find what he was looking for, and with AI too? Lemmy users upvoting AI? Never did I think it was possible! 🤣
Kaboom@reddthat.com 3 days ago
Doesn’t Australia have its own news networks?
Almacca@aussie.zone 3 days ago
ABC is the public broadcaster. Nothing to do with the Amercian one.
Kaboom@reddthat.com 3 days ago
Ah, that makes sense. I forgot for a moment that y’all share an initial with us
Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Like the Australian Broadcasting Corporation?
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Sorry boss. Just gonna tell you straight - this is one of the most head-up-ass comments I’ve read in a while.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 days ago
In other news: water is wet.
maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 3 days ago
But water isn’t wet.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Potato potahto.
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
In other news, water makes me wet.
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