Disproportionate coverage of deaths

The podcast episode discusses the quantitative analyses of mainstream media coverage of the Israeli genocide of Palestinians. The research reveals a disproportionate coverage of deaths in the media, where Palestinian deaths are mentioned far less frequently relative to Israeli deaths. For every two Palestinian deaths, Palestinians were mentioned once, compared to eight mentions per Israeli death, indicating a 16 times higher rate of coverage for Israelis. The findings also show a significant imbalance in the use of emotive language, with terms like 'slaughter' and 'massacre' predominantly used to describe Israeli deaths while rarely used for Palestinian deaths. This biased language serves to create a moral tier system, dehumanizing Palestinians while portraying Israelis as morally superior.