Article in Common Dreams by James Zogby, 8/18/26

Headline:  ” Independent Interviewers Expose How Mainstream Media Lets Politicians Off the Hook”

Subhead: “Two recent podcasts demonstrated what happens when establishment politicians, whose prepared talking points never stray from what serves as the conventional wisdom about Israel-Palestine, run up against interviewers unwilling to give them a pass.”

“Two July podcasts hosted by progressive media stars and featuring leading Democratic lawmakers brought home the deep disconnect that exists between the way establishment politicians and media operate and the way both come to speak about the Middle East and the realities that exist in that region.. .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/mainstream-media-israel-palestine