Obama called for narrowly tailoring Israel's broad blockade on goods entering the Gaza Strip so that arms are kept out, but not items needed for the Palestinians' daily life and economic development. Erica Werner, Associated Press Full Story »
Posted by Marsha Iverson
Reasonably straightforward account of President Obama's call for a change in the Israeli government's blockade of Gaza, but it fails to present any information about the conditions in Gaza or the reasons for the international relief effort to provide humanitarian aid.
American media do a miserable job of reporting accurate information about Gaza and the Occupied Territories. The facts are highly unpopular in our political and social narrative. This presents a difficult conundrum: differentiating "news" from "propaganda," and focusing on demonstrable facts. To truly understand the realities of life in Gaza and the West Bank, it is essential to seek information from a number of broader sources. The links included in this review connect to ... More »
This news article is moderately good journalism. The author did minimal research, just reprinted talking points. The important fact that the blockade is a joint Egyptian-Israeli effort was left out. The generally good living conditions in Gaza also were ignored by the author. Thus this piece gets a poor rating for context and for enterprising.
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