RIYADH: As critics accuse Western media of complicity in Gaza’s “genocide” by echoing Israeli narratives and playing down its deadly attacks on local journalists, CNN’s Nic Robertson says international media shut out by Israel depend on local reporters who risk their lives to tell the story.
Appearing on the Arab News current affairs program “Frankly Speaking,” Robertson, CNN’s international diplomatic editor and a veteran war correspondent, sought to explain Western media coverage of the war in Gaza.
“I think we’re doing a huge amount to report on the suffering of Palestinians,” he said.
“We have teams in Gaza who are reporting for us, who we liaise with daily, hourly, and who help us get that frontline reporting that we can’t do ourselves. And they’re hugely courageous and do a tremendous job of bringing the absolute despair and destruction that’s going on in Gaza.”
Since the war began in October 2023, Israeli authorities have prevented foreign journalists from entering Gaza, allowing only a handful of tightly controlled visits accompanied by its troops.
