• gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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    21 hours ago

    it seems to me as if we’re mostly seeing videos about Israel getting hit in the news.

    That matters because it distorts public perception: It makes it seem as if mean Iran is bombing Israel, while in fact it is also true that Israel is bombing Iran. It’s about proportional reporting of facts.

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      20 hours ago

      The first video I saw on reddit was of Iranian fire fighters at that apartment building helping out

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          17 hours ago

          I mean Israeli people probably have more connections in the west so their videos spread faster on social media but there are definitely also Iranian videos. The media is always gonna cover Isreal because their billionaire owners decide what gets printed. On social it’s a lot different