Denying Genocide: Award-Winning Journalism or Propaganda?

Oliver Larkin gets stopped by journalist Glenna Milberg, an Emmy Award-winning television journalist at Miami’s WPLG Local 10 News, mid-interview after saying Israel is committing genocide in Gaza"That is factually incorrect. That's propaganda. The definition of genocide, and the UN has said this, does not apply to—what many people might think is a disproportionate wartime action—that's what that is.Genocide is a very specific thing, actually genocide being committed against Jewish people, not by Israel."Larkin responds, "The UN recently in Geneva found that the IDF had deliberately targeted women and children. There's been famine conditions imposed over the Gaza strip by the blockading of aid. There's been indiscriminate bombing of hospitals, of mosques, of churches—"Glenna Milberg: "Again, I'm going to have to stop you, as that is factually not correct. I'm being told we have to wrap."We are a fully reader - and subscriber - supported publication. We feature citizen journalists unapologetically. Help us grow and fuel honest, citizen journalism by becoming a paid member. Get full access to Manufacturing Dissent at mandissent.com/subscribe