Can anyone explain to me why? Why Israel gets so much mainstream media attention? Israel is practically irrelevant to Australia’s future.
Exclusive: data reveals pro-Israel bias in ABC coverage since October 7
Submitted 10 months ago by zero_gravitas@aussie.zone to australianpolitics@aussie.zone
https://www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-data-reveals-pro-israel
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sola@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Zagorath@aussie.zone 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months 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 10 months ago
happy cake dat
Ilandar@lemmy.today 10 months 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 10 months ago
Shocker, never noticed /s
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
This has been really obvious over the last few weeks since they started firing missiles at Iran.
It’s pretty gross honestly.
Kaboom@reddthat.com 10 months ago
Doesn’t Australia have its own news networks?
Almacca@aussie.zone 10 months ago
ABC is the public broadcaster. Nothing to do with the Amercian one.
Kaboom@reddthat.com 10 months ago
Ah, that makes sense. I forgot for a moment that y’all share an initial with us
Zagorath@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Like the Australian Broadcasting Corporation?
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months 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 10 months ago
In other news: water is wet.
maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 10 months ago
But water isn’t wet.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Potato potahto.
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
In other news, water makes me wet.
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