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Journalism Under Fire: Omar El Akkad on Gaza, False Balance and the Violence of Language

In a moment when journalism is being tested like never before, award-winning author and journalist Omar El Akkad joins Zahera Harb (ARIJ Chair; Director of Journalism Postgraduate Programmes, City, University of London) and Tarik Hamdan (Investigations Correspondent, The Guardian) to confront the hardest questions raised by the war on Gaza: What happens when “neutrality” becomes a cover for power? What does honest reporting require when institutions punish clarity? Drawing on El Akkad’s One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, the conversation explores how narratives are weaponized and how history often arrives with apologies far too late. You’ll hear a sharp critique of “false balance” and why balancing truth with misinformation is not impartiality. The panel also unpacks linguistic violence—the euphemisms and labels (“detainees,” “collateral damage”) that make brutality sound acceptable. If you care about media ethics, press freedom, and rebuilding trust in journalism, this talk is for you. إعلاميون من أجل صحافة استقصائية عربية (أريج) هي أول شبكة في العالم العربي رائدة في ترسيخ صحافة الاستقصاء عربيا؛ وفق منهجية حداثية ومهنية. #Journalism #Gaza #MediaEthics