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On this topic, Al Jazeera say they were sent a letter by a group of BBC journalists complaining about this imbalance in BBC coverage.
On this topic, Al Jazeera say they were sent a letter by a group of BBC journalists complaining about this imbalance in BBC coverage.
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the trend of western media using the term "women and teenage boys" to describe children. women and girls and boys being released, by israel, many of whom were themselves taken hostages by the idf post oct 7th, for unknown, undisclosed reasons or little to no reason. is appaling. especially when in the same breath they find themselves, rightfully, using children for israeli hostages.
one might think, what if they're 19, maybe this is the classic overly punctual tone of legacy media
Most of the Palestinian prisoners listed as eligible for release are male teenagers aged 16 to 18 – children under the United Nations definition – although a handful are as young as 14. Some 33 are women, according to a CNN count.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/22/middleeast/palestinian-prisoners-potential-release-intl-cmd/index.html#:~:text=Most%20of%20the%20Palestinian%20prisoners,according%20to%20a%20CNN%20count.
it's such, blatent racism and islampahobia in the crudest sense. during a conflict rife with dehuminisation and racial stereotyping the fact, legacy media including the bbc are so freely using this editorial line is - quite frankly damning. not only does this reflect on their reporting of the current situation, but also previous handling and analysis of incidents involving black and brown people, over policing domestically, and previous conflicts internationally.
the expectency that every male in a conflict zone, regardless of age, is to be assumed "a man of fighting age" and thus disposable is so deeply racist to a point it's comical. when we combine this with what we know of black and brown children being viewed as far older than what they are by racial profiling, thus being percieved as a danger because of this, to justify the over policing domestically and abroard? it's comical. these men are husbands, fathers, educators, medics, sportsman, entertainers, lovers, they're not disposable and to be assigned to extrajudicial killing by fact of being a man in a warzone.
while this is to be expected by many who are attuned to this liberal racism, who expect it. i find it hard to believe even the most good faith listener who's skeptical to assume malice when it can be caution or idiocy can turn away from this concious editorial line.
personally fills me with such dread and despair, the only thing one can do is add it to the pile of notes they leave on a bike forum to reflect on in the future. to be even more unshaken the next time some jumped up little cunt tries to tell me it's complicated or not concious, even worse, justified and explainable.