October 11, 2025

Gaza

In These Times -  A survey of coverage from Sunday October 8, 2023 to Sunday October 5, 2025 reveals that three of the majorSunday morning news shows, NBC’s Meet the Press, ABC’s This Week With George Stephanopoulos, and CNN’s State of the Union with Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, in dozens of segments discussing Gaza over 315 episodes total, not once did any of the bookers, producers or hosts of these programs see fit to interview a single Palestinian or Palestinian-American. These same outlets did, while covering Gaza, manage to include 55 appearances by U.S government officials and 16 Israeli officials or spokespeople for Israeli captives, including a total of four interviews with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 

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