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Israel Dominated 2024 Media Coverage With 78% Negative Tone
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- Researcher Jeremy Musighi found Israel received unusually persistent, disproportionate international media coverage.
- In 2024, one in every 26 global articles mentioned Israel, twice sub-Saharan Africa combined.
- Israel’s per-capita news coverage in 2024 exceeded Ukraine’s by over sixfold.
- Western outlets gave Israel a –4.4 tone score in 2024, with 78% negative articles.
- Israel occupied 5.65% of U.S. cable news airtime after Oct. 7, 2023 attacks.
