Very typical situation here.
They consistently reject the actual reality on the ground (and in the air) and substitute it with a reality of their own making. How they even manage to call themselves ‘journalists’ and not break out into uncontrolled laughter is beyond me.
H/T: Daniel
Gaza is teeming with armed groups
Yle Gaza: The night was fairly quiet
The UN Security Council was unable to reach agreement on Gaza
Promoted to editor: a troubled situation in Gaza – a series of explosions
Gaza death toll rose to one hundred
Egypt will explore the conditions for a ceasefire in Gaza
Yle Gaza: Explosions continued throughout the day
Palestinian groups buried their disputes
Yle Gaza border: View from the desperate
Internal power struggles behind the Gaza conflict
Yle Jerusalem: Israel can do what it wants
Gaza casualty figure closer to one hundred
Large-scale launch of cyber-attacks in Israel
Israel and Hamas fighting continues
Yle Israel: sweeping ground assault into Gaza divides Israeli opinions
Finnish state TV (Yle) propaganda is constructed in the following way:
– exclusive focus on Gaza and the Palestinians
– almost total disregard of any Israeli viewpoint
– downplay the importance of rockets launched by the Palestinians
– make rocket fire look like a ‘bold’ and ‘defiant’ act in the face of Israeli aggression
Compared to previous Yle Middle East correspondents Tapani Hannikainen leaves a more balanced impression unlike his predecessors Sanna Negus and Leena Reikko. However, the bias lies in the topics Yle chooses to cover and highlight.
exactly, the filters are firmly in place.