As a journalist who follows, reports and analyzes world events for Turkish readers, I was asked by NewsLabTurkey to write an article on how the Western media has covered the ongoing violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories since October 7. For many years now - increasingly since the first Intifada - Western mainstream media …
Do you trust the news you read? And is it only mistrust that makes you not read what you don't read? Historically, the biggest selling point of journalists has always been their "credibility". We often come across the word trust even in the slogans of newspapers. While it is well known that advertising signs cannot …
On September 20, the media reported a detention operation by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office against the administrators of some social media accounts. According to the news reports, 27 social media users, including the administrators of the social media accounts Aykırı, Muhbir and Haber Report, were detained on charges of "public incitement to hatred …
In my journalism ethics courses, I always mention the presumption of innocence to my students and emphasize the importance of reporting news in accordance with the presumption of innocence, especially in crime reporting. To put it briefly, the presumption of innocence means that a person accused of a crime should be presumed innocent until proven …
