CNN news is censored by the IDF.
All the news that CNN covers about the war in Gaza indirectly passes under the Israeli army’s censorship blade.
In a report, the Intercept revealed that all the news that CNN covers about the war in Gaza indirectly passes under the Israeli army’s censor blade.
This news site reported that all CNN reporters anywhere in the world who produce news about Gaza must send their news to the office of this media in Jerusalem before publication.
Although CNN claims that the purpose of this policy is to ensure the accuracy and accuracy of its reports, the meaning of this policy in practice is that a large part of the media’s news productions are shaped by reporters who have to comply with the censorship laws of the Israeli army.
According to the Intercept, CNN’s office in Jerusalem, like all other media operating in Israel, has to comply with the censorship laws of the Israeli army. According to these rules, the Israeli army, in addition to specifying topics that should not be published, can prevent the publication of articles that it deems inappropriate.
The Intercept reported last month that the Israeli military had recently identified eight issues that should be restricted.
For example, the IDF has restricted information about security cabinet meetings, Israeli prisoners in Gaza, as well as weapons captured by IDF forces in the war.
Foreign media reporters must sign a document and accept the Israeli army’s censorship laws to obtain a media license in Israel.
CNN’s practice of sending its news productions to its office in Jerusalem does not mean that the Israeli army directly monitors the articles of this American media, but this policy means that CNN does not see the need to reflect the sensitive realities of the Gaza war. The capacity of its offices in other parts of the world to escape the censorship pressure of the Israeli army.
A CNN employee told The Intercept on condition of anonymity that sending reports before publication to the media’s office in Beit al-Qumdes had a great effect on CNN’s coverage of the war in Gaza.
This CNN reporter said: “All issues related to Israel and Palestine must be approved by the Jerusalem office. When the staff of that office are not available, these materials should be approved by a few selected people from that office and senior managers. “The material is often very delicately edited to be close to the Israeli narrative.”