Tuesday 23 June 2009

Just Journalism
Just Journalism Update
23 June 2009
 Briefing published today
Just Journalism publishes its latest briefing today, entitled 'Israel and Sri Lanka: a media analysis of war crimes allegations'.

This statistical analysis compares the volume of references to war crimes in relation to the recent conflicts in Gaza and Sri Lanka, between January and May 2009 in the British press. It indicates that the UK broadsheets took a markedly different approach to addressing the issue of war crimes in relation to Israel and Sri Lanka.

Key findings include:
 · Across the five daily broadsheets, war crimes allegations in relation to Israel were addressed twice as often as war crimes allegations in relation to Sri Lanka
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Four out of five daily broadsheets associated Israel with war crimes more often than Sri Lanka. In the most extreme case, the possibility of Israeli war crimes was addressed almost four times as often as the possibility of Sri Lankan war crimes in one newspaper
 · The first three months of hostilities this year between Israel and Hamas saw 75 articles addressing the possibility of Israeli war crimes in Gaza
 · In contrast, during the first three months of the final phase of military operations in Tamil-held territory, only one article addressing the possibility of war crimes in Sri Lanka had been published

Read the full analysis here.
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