#29 - Why is US Media so Pro-Israel? ft. Laura Albast

About this episode

Laura Albast discusses the pro-Israel bias in US media and its implications for reporting on Palestine.

Palestinian journalist and media analyst Laura Albast joins us for this episode of the Let's Talk Palestine Podcast to unpack how pro-Israel bias in US newsrooms arises. Drawing on her recent investigation, Laura reveals personal interests among newsroom leadership, exposes the aggressive lobbying efforts by little-known Zionist media lobby groups, as well as explaining the inaccuracies and falsehoods circulated on October 7th that ultimately manufactured consent for genocide. Laura breaks down many of the factors that have compromised US media from reporting the truth on Palestine. This episode is available on all podcast platforms, boycott Spotify. Watch the full video episode on YouTube @letstalkpalestine.

People in this episode

Host: Lets Talk Palestine

Guest: Laura Albast

Topics covered

• US media bias
• pro-Israel influence
• Palestine
• journalism
• media analysis

Keywords

• US media
• pro-Israel
• Palestine
• journalism
• media bias
• Laura Albast
• October 7th

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: US media, Zionist media lobby groups

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