She made particular reference to Reuters’ reporting on Israel’s killing of prominent Al-Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif and six other media workers on August 10, saying the agency had “perpetuate[d] Israel’s propaganda”. She said it had been “wilfully abandoning the most basic responsibility of journalism” by publishing the “baseless claim” from the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) that Al-Sharif was an operative for Hamas.

An initial report published by Reuters received backlash after running with the headline: “Israel kills Al Jazeera journalist it says was Hamas leader”.

Zink said she could no longer wear her press pass without feeling “shame and grief”, as she shared an image of her press card snapped in half alongside her statement.

  • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    15 hours ago

    The claim is published by Israel regardless of whether or not Reuters reports it. Reporting what governments say is the job of the media as the fourth estate, imo.

    • acargitz@lemmy.caEnglish
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      12 hours ago

      Reporting what governments say is the job of the media as the fourth estate, imo.

      Not exactly. To paraphrase the well known example, the job of the fourth estate is not to say “the government says it’s raining”. It is to look outside and tell us if the government is telling the truth.