Today, we talked about the bias of the media, picking up the topic of Israel and Palestine. I again realized my ignorance of what is happening, and how news topic has a bias. I found news from Japan that is completely on the Israel side. It was hiding the story before Palestine had a rocket attack on Israel. Also, it was using the word Israel 対抗(counter) and 反撃(counterattack) Palestine with a bomb to Palestine’s rocket attack (https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/japanese/57066777.amp).
I thought that shouldn't happen, that media has the power to control people's image to the Palestine people. If the media call Palestine people terrorist, other people, mainly the outsider like us would have a negative impression on the Palestine people, and the composition that Israel is "good" and Palestine is "bad" be created. This is not a neutral way to report the news, and the media should not do that. I completely lost the reliability of the media, so I would like to have critical thinking when watching the news.
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