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  • astreus@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    But the Gaza government agencies are run by the political arm of Hamas? I don’t understand how that makes it lib?

    • Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      The phrasing is specifically intended to code it as “the baddies”.

      If I say “The Biden-run USA government” every single time I refer to the US gov you’d start to raise an eyebrow about why I’m doing that too.

      The emphasis plays a significant role here.

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      5 months ago

      Do they add “Likud-run” to everything?

      Adding “Hamas-run” to it was something that a load of western media outlets started doing in order to cast aspersions on the numbers that literally every serious observer (including the Israeli government) take as close to fact.

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      5 months ago

      Factually correct but the since western media framing is that Hamas are the baddies since Oct 7th, the brain worm is that that anything Hamas reports to the world is to be viewed suspiciously.