{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep 227: The Importance of 'Seriousness,' or Why Palestinians Can't Be Witness to Their Own Genocide (Part II)","description":""Exclusive Look at Life in War-Ravaged Gaza," reads the title for a CNN interview with correspondent Clarissa Ward. "'It's a Killing Field': IDF Soldiers Ordered to Shoot Deliberately at Unarmed Gazans Waiting for Humanitarian Aid," report Yaniv Kubovich and Bar Peleg for Ha'aretz. "I\u2019m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It," argues Omer Bartov in The New York Times. These stories have something in common: they\u2019re vital pieces of journalism about Gaza, or Palestine more broadly, published in Western and Western-aligned outlets. This is, obviously, important. Reporting like this keeps Western audiences informed about Israel\u2019s genocide in Gaza, fortifies sympathetic Westerners\u2019 solidarity with Palestine, and serves as an essential counter to the pro-Israel PR machine powering so much other Western media coverage. But while these pieces have made a splash among their audiences, in many cases, they\u2019re building upon points that Palestinian journalists, writers, and activists had been making weeks, months, even years before. So why is the reporting of Palestinian journalists\u2013especially their reporting on what\u2019s happening within their own country and cities\u2013so often ignored, only to be heeded after it gets the Western stamp of approval? On this episode \u2014 our Season 8 finale and also the second part of our two-part series on \u201cThe Importance of Seriousness, or Why Palestinians Can\u2019t Be Witness to Their Own Genocide\u201d \u2014 we explore the discrepancies in the alleged credibility between Western and Israeli journalists and Palestinian and other Arab journalists, especially when it comes to reporting on Israel\u2019s genocide in Gaza. We\u2019ll look at how, by Western standards, journalists don\u2019t build legitimacy by being correct, so much as by being in close proximity to the political and media establishments. Our guest is writer and organizer Kaleem Hawa. ","author_name":"Citations Needed","author_url":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citationsneeded\/","html":"