The problem with Ta-Nehisi Coates’s recent grilling on Palestine by CBS News’s Tony Dokoupil isn’t that it was rude. It’s that Dokoupil’s questioning betrays a fundamental lack of concern for Palestinians’ basic humanity, shared across mainstream media.
Still, Coates’s interrogation and the controversy it has generated may at least provide some small step forward to correcting this bias. Coates should be applauded for his bravery in speaking out about this subject and taking the risk of losing his establishment bona fides as a result. And those in the media that will read and talk to him about his book should ask themselves why doing so carries that risk at all. https://jacobin.com/2024/10/ta-nehisi-coates-media-palestine-israel -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#32809): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/32809 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/108927919/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
