News of Mass Graves Isn't Much News to US Outlets [View all]

Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)
April 26, 2024


The bodies of over 300 people were discovered in a mass grave at the Nasser medical complex in Khan Younis, a Gaza city besieged by Israeli forces.

The discovery of these Palestinian bodies, many of which were reportedly bound and stripped, is more evidence of "plausible" genocide committed by Israel during it's bombardment of Gaza.

Over 34,000 Palestinians have died thus far, with more than two-thirds of the causalities being women and children.
(Al Jazeera, 4/21/24)

Yet this discovery prompted few US news headlines, despite outlets like the Guardian (4/23/24), Haaretz (4/23/24) and Reuters (4/23/24) covering the story.
Instead, headlines relating to Palestine have predominately focused on protests happening at university campuses across the country -- an important story, but not one that ought to drown out coverage of the atrocities students are protesting against.

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