UN expert slams Western media over Gaza war coverage

The UN’s special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory has taken aim at Western media for their reporting on Israel’s war on Gaza.

“Mainstream western media: any sense of journalism ethics left in your veins?” Francesca Albanese wrote on X.

Her post came in response to a claim that Israeli outlet Haaretz is confronting the war’s brutality more directly than many Western news organisations.

Albanese has repeatedly criticised both the media and international bodies for what she sees as double standards in coverage and response to the crisis.