Media 'Discovers' War Crimes Need Witnesses, Ignores Gaza Obliteration
Al Jazeera's conference laments a 'total genocide' of journalists in Gaza, echoing what independent observers have documented for months. The UN's own special rapporteur Francesca Albanese stated on March 26, 2024, that there are 'reasonable grounds to believe that the threshold indicating the commission of the crime of genocide' in Gaza has been met. Yet, American networks like CNN and MSNBC,
which benefit heavily from defense advertising, manage to report on civilian casualties as tragic 'collateral damage'—a term notably absent when reporting on similar events elsewhere. While Al Jazeera focuses on the importance of reporting, one must ask: where are the American journalists making these points? Perhaps they're too busy covering congressional votes like that on HR 815, which provided
billions in aid to Israel in 2024. For instance, Senator Tim Kaine, who received $20,381 from AIPAC in 2022-2024 per OpenSecrets.org, voted 'yes' on sending more arms—the very arms used to silence those 'unwritten' war crimes Al Jazeera discusses. The silence from legacy media on these connections is deafening, making the 'unwritten' even more pervasive.