Leaked memo highlights : #NYT’s ‘deference to #Israeli narratives’ : Report

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Leaked memo highlights #NYT’s ‘deference to #Israeli narratives’: Report

A report by #US news outlet The #Intercept claims that editors at The New York Times have sent directives to reporters covering Israel’s ongoing assault on #Gaza, asking them to restrict the use of certain terms.

These terms include “genocide”, “ethnic cleansing” & “occupied territory”, according to a copy of an internal memo obtained by The Intercept.

The memo reportedly also instructs journalists not to use the word Palestine “except in very rare cases” and to stay away from using the term “refugee camps” to describe certain areas of Gaza.

According to the report, several staffers told The Intercept that some of the memo’s contents “show evidence of the paper’s deference to Israeli narratives”.

Times spokesman Charlie Stadtlander told The Intercept that memos such as these are “standard practice” and provide guidance “to ensure accuracy, consistency and nuance”.

“Across all our reporting, including complex events like this, we take care to ensure our language choices are sensitive, current and clear to our audiences.”

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