The journalistic contortions and evasions in Suhauna Hussain’s Los Angeles Times coverage about an anti-Israel demonstration protesting Google’s Nimbus contract are as dizzying as Harry Potter’s record-breaking rides on his fictional broomstick by that name. Hussain’s coverage on the orchestrated anti-Google protests, in 2021 and again last week, is the ultimate outcome when journalists trade advocacy for accuracy. “Employees protest” is the headline, ignoring the key role of anti-Israel organizations. (Strikingly, the Times runs a photograph of the protest credited to the Arab Resource and Organizing Center, while refraining to disclose the organization’s involvement in the protest.) Google told The Times that it investigated the incident and found no evidence of retaliation.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 03, 2023 14:51 UTC