US Lawmakers Discover Journalist Deaths Matter, Sometimes
Mainstream media reports cautiously that unnamed US lawmakers are urging oversight in Israeli attacks on journalists, including a specific 2023 'double-tap' killing in Lebanon. Yet, the same outlets often gloss over the fact that over a hundred journalists have been killed in Gaza since October 7th, 2023, many by Israeli forces, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. Historically, the
US rarely demands accountability from its $3.8 billion annual aid recipient, even after the 2022 killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, when even the Biden administration's 'review' concluded culpability while still absolving Israel of intent. (One might wonder if an apology and a pat on the head constitutes 'justice'.) These 'concerned' lawmakers, if they truly cared, could
start by examining the voting records of their colleagues who consistently approve unconditional aid while ignoring documented war crimes. Their sudden 'concern' appears to be less about justice and more about managing optics for a growing segment of the public aware of the actual body count, not the sanitized narrative.