{"id":247999,"date":"2023-11-13T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T12:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=247999"},"modified":"2023-11-10T05:23:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T05:23:40","slug":"us-corporate-media-outlets-allow-idf-to-vet-all-materials-from-embedded-reporters-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2023\/11\/us-corporate-media-outlets-allow-idf-to-vet-all-materials-from-embedded-reporters-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"US Corporate Media Outlets Allow IDF to Vet &#8216;All Materials&#8217; from Embedded Reporters in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_248002\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/CNN-Jeremy-Diamond-Israeli-military.webp\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-248002\" class=\"wp-image-248002\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/CNN-Jeremy-Diamond-Israeli-military-1024x341.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/CNN-Jeremy-Diamond-Israeli-military-1024x341.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/CNN-Jeremy-Diamond-Israeli-military-300x100.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/CNN-Jeremy-Diamond-Israeli-military-768x256.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/CNN-Jeremy-Diamond-Israeli-military.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-248002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CNN&#8217;s Jeremy Diamond points toward Israeli military hardware in a field near Israel&#8217;s border with Gaza. (Photo: CNN screen grab)<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Israel is killing the journalists that expose their crimes, then bribing the journalists that cover for them,&#8221; said one critic. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>6 Nov 2023 &#8211; <\/em>U.S. corporate media outlets have granted Israeli military commanders pre-publication review rights for \u201call materials and footage\u201d recorded by their correspondents embedded with the Israel Defense Forces during the invasion of Gaza, a precondition condemned by press freedom advocates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJournalists embedded with the IDF in Gaza operate under the observation of Israeli commanders in the field, and are not permitted to move unaccompanied within the Gaza Strip,\u201d Fareed Zakaria, host of CNN\u2019s \u201cFareed Zakaria GPS,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArifCRafiq\/status\/1721258414448222677\" >explained<\/a> in a segment on Sunday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CNN&#39;s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FareedZakaria?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >@FareedZakaria<\/a> on journalists who have embedded with the IDF in Gaza:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;As a condition to enter Gaza under IDF air support, outlets have to submit all materials and footage to the Israeli military for review prior to publication. CNN has agreed to these terms&#8230;.&quot; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r4GGPiCtmJ\" >pic.twitter.com\/r4GGPiCtmJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Arif Rafiq (@ArifCRafiq) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArifCRafiq\/status\/1721258414448222677?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >November 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a condition to enter Gaza under IDF escort, outlets have to submit all materials and footage to the Israeli military for review prior to publication,\u201d he added. \u201cCNN has agreed to these terms in order to provide a limited window into Israel\u2019s operations in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a clip featuring correspondent Raf Sanchez \u2014 who is embedded with an IDF unit tasked with finding and destroying Hamas tunnels in Gaza \u2014 NBC News also <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/video\/nbc-news-follows-israeli-military-unit-destroying-hamas-tunnels-in-gaza-197198917931\" >acknowledged<\/a> that it has \u201cagreed to share raw footage\u201d as \u201can operational security requirement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Responding to Zakaria\u2019s admission, U.S. journalist Dan Cohen <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dancohen3000\/status\/1721312082883129443\" >asserted<\/a> that \u201cCNN is explicitly acting as a propaganda mouthpiece for the genocidal Zionist regime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>U.S. photojournalist Zach D. Roberts <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zdroberts\/status\/1721296288413544506\" >said<\/a> on social media that \u201cwhat CNN is doing here is creating a b-roll for the IDF. It\u2019s nothing resembling news and the CNN employees that participated in it aren\u2019t anything resembling journalists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Omar Suleiman, founder and president of the Texas-based Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/omarsuleiman504\/status\/1721312975657853248\" >said<\/a> Sunday on social media that \u201cIsrael is killing the journalists that expose their crimes, then bribing the journalists that cover for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Beware of any reporting out of Gaza in which news organizations are embedded with the IDF as CNN and ABC just did. They\u2019re not allowed to release or broadcast any of it without the IDF signing off on it which is not journalism. It\u2019s propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Laila Al-Arian (@LailaAlarian) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LailaAlarian\/status\/1721173920781353356?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >November 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Israel <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/occupied-palestinian-territory\/israel-and-palestine-ifj-calls-unesco-protect-journalists\" >does not allow <\/a>foreign journalists into Gaza unless they\u2019re embedded with IDF units under the aforementioned preconditions, placing almost all of the responsibility \u2014 and danger \u2014 of reporting on Palestinian correspondents.<\/p>\n<p>As <em>Common Dreams<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/journalists-killed-in-gaza\" >reported<\/a> Friday, at least 31 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Gaza since Israel began bombarding the densely populated strip in response to the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attacks that left more than 1,400 Israelis and others dead in southern Israel, with another 240 or so people taken hostage.<\/p>\n<p>One Lebanese journalist was also killed in Gaza, while four Israeli media professionals were slain during the Hamas attacks.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cpj.org\/2023\/11\/journalist-casualties-in-the-israel-gaza-conflict\/\" >According to<\/a> the Committee to Protect Journalists, the past month has been the deadliest four-week period for media professionals since the U.S.-based group started keeping records in 1992. CPJ has also <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cpj.org\/2023\/11\/attacks-arrests-threats-censorship-the-high-risks-of-reporting-the-israel-hamas-war\/\" >documented<\/a> at least eight injuries, three missing people, eight arrests and \u201cmultiple assaults, threats, cyberattacks, censorship, and killings of family members.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe are waiting for our turn, one after the other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Palestinian journalist from Gaza ripped off his protective gear during a live report after one of his colleagues was killed in an Israeli attack. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6SgOg0vkg6\" >pic.twitter.com\/6SgOg0vkg6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJEnglish\/status\/1720417160647016679?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" >November 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/media-gaza\" >TO CONTINUE READING THE REPORT Go to Original &#8211; commondreams.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6 Nov 2023 &#8211; U.S. corporate media outlets have granted Israeli military commanders pre-publication review rights for \u201call materials and footage\u201d recorded by their correspondents embedded with the Israel Defense Forces during the invasion of Gaza, a precondition condemned by press freedom advocates.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":221407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[2314,87,865,88,1855,2571,427,1594,1365,1025],"class_list":["post-247999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media","tag-corporate-media","tag-gaza","tag-genocide","tag-israel","tag-mainstream-media-msm","tag-official-lies-and-narratives","tag-palestine","tag-war-economy","tag-war-journalism","tag-west-bank"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247999"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248005,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247999\/revisions\/248005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}