On the Media

What Israelis Are Seeing on TV - EXTENDED VERSION

EXTENDED VERSION; Nightmarish images of destruction in Gaza have filled the news and social media feeds for months. But within Israel, mainstream media outlets tell a very different story. This week, Micah Loewinger speaks with <a href="https://twitter.com/OrenPersico">Oren Persico</a>, a staff writer at <a href="https://www.the7eye.org.il/topic/the-seventh-eye-in-english">The Seventh Eye</a>, an independent investigative magazine focused on media and freedom of speech in Israel, about the Israeli media landscape in the months following October 7th, and the "dome of disconnection" it created. 
This is a segment from our January 12th, 2024 show, <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/episodes/on-the-media-israeli-tv-news-sanitizes-bombing-gaza-plagiarism-political">Israeli TV News Sanitizes the Bombing of Gaza. Plus, a Plagiarism Fight Gets Political</a>.
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The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.