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Study: US Media Uses Israel Defense Language 94× More

5/13/2026

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CNN and MSNBC invoked Israel’s right to self-defense 94 times more often than for Palestinians.
Journalist Adam Johnson’s How to Sell a Genocide examined 12,000 news articles and 5,000 TV segments on Gaza.
Print media called Palestinians “human shields” hundreds of times but never used the phrase for Israeli forces.
Words like “massacre” and “savage” described Hamas attacks but did not appear for Israeli killings of about 24,000 Palestinians.

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Story summary

CNN and MSNBC invoked Israel’s right to self-defense 94 times more often than for Palestinians.
Journalist Adam Johnson’s How to Sell a Genocide examined 12,000 news articles and 5,000 TV segments on Gaza.
Print media called Palestinians “human shields” hundreds of times but never used the phrase for Israeli forces.
Words like “massacre” and “savage” described Hamas attacks but did not appear for Israeli killings of about 24,000 Palestinians.