All journalists should take note of a new report on the shortcomings of British media’s output on Israel’s war on Gaza.
Zahera Harb
Dr Zahera Harb is co-editor of Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication and co-editor of IB Tauris book series Political Communication & Media... Practices in the Middle East and North Africa. Her publications include a book titled Reporting the Middle East, The Practice of News in the 21st Century.
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