CNN, ABC News, NBC News, and The Guardian treated Saleh al-Jafarawi, "Mr. Fafo," as a legitimate journalist. If al-Jafarawi is a "journalist" in the same way their reporters are, then why should the public trust anything these outlets report?
A CNN feature on an alleged “famine” in Gaza offers a case study in what happens when journalists let their storylines lead the facts instead of the other way around. The article’s central premise—that famine has taken hold in Gaza and that Israel is solely to blame—collapses upon examination of CNN’s own reporting.
If CNN can’t be relied upon to produce an accurate picture of the facts, or to give the proper analysis of those facts, then can CNN be relied upon as a serious journalistic entity at all?
