Rarely is the public taken deep into the inner sanctum of major news organisations. In this extraordinary book, award-winning journalist John Lyons goes to the heart of how the media reports - or does not report - one of the biggest stories of our time: the conflict in the Middle East. He looks at the power of lobby groups and shows how they determine much of what is written about Israel, and he turns the spotlight on his own profession and its failings.
For Lyons, the six years he spent in Jerusalem as Middle East correspondent for The Australian were the toughest of his forty-year career. He explains how lobby groups attempt to prevent the real story being told, revealing how he himself became a target, and the dirty tricks that are used. He describes how journalists who accurately report what they see can be hounded and vilified, part of a practice of intimidation, harassment and influence peddling that is designed to stop the truth from being told - a practice that must stop.
This is an insider's account of why the real story of the IsraelPalestine conflict goes largely unreported. It is also the story of why, in the wake of the international backlash against media coverage of the May 2021 IsraelHamas violence, this could be about to change.
Rarely is the public taken deep into the inner sanctum of major news organisations. In this extraordinary book, award-winning journalist John Lyons goes to the heart of how the media reports - or does not report - one of the biggest stories of our time: the conflict in the Middle East. He looks at the power of lobby groups and shows how they determine much of what is written about Israel, and he turns the spotlight on his own profession and its failings.
For Lyons, the six years he spent in Jerusalem as Middle East correspondent for The Australian were the toughest of his forty-year career. He explains how lobby groups attempt to prevent the real story being told, revealing how he himself became a target, and the dirty tricks that are used. He describes how journalists who accurately report what they see can be hounded and vilified, part of a practice of intimidation, harassment and influence peddling that is designed to stop the truth from being told - a practice that must stop.
This is an insider's account of why the real story of the IsraelPalestine conflict goes largely unreported. It is also the story of why, in the wake of the international backlash against media coverage of the May 2021 IsraelHamas violence, this could be about to change.
What is happening inside theworld's most militarised zone? This book is the result ofthe authors' visit to the Kashmir Valley, the northernmost region of the Indiansubcontinent, in December 2016, but...
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