In this episode of Occupied Thoughts, FMEP Fellow Rania Batrice speaks with journalist Ryan Grim about the limitations of mainstream media’s reporting on Israel’s war on Gaza and the opportunities and potential for independent journalism focused on Israel & Palestine more broadly. Addressing the high stakes of U.S. politics, they also speak about repression against advocates for Palestinian life and rights and the upcoming US elections.
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Recorded on March 21, 2024
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Rania Batrice is an activist and strategist for progressive change, a public relations specialist, and a political consultant. She is one of two FMEP’s 2024 Palestinian non-resident Fellows.
Ryan Grim is The Intercept’s D.C. Bureau Chief and the host of the podcast Deconstructed. He authors the newsletter Politics With Ryan Grim and was previously the Washington bureau chief for HuffPost, where he led a team that was twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and won once. He edited and contributed reporting to groundbreaking investigative project on heroin treatment that not only changed federal and state laws, but also shifted the culture of the recovery industry. The story, by Jason Cherkis, was a Pulitzer finalist and won a Polk Award. He has been a staff reporter for Politico and the Washington City Paper and is a co-host of the show Counter Points. He is the author of the books “We’ve Got People” (2019) and “This Is Your Country on Drugs” (2009). His third book, published in December 2023, is “The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution.”
Resources:
- Media Bias in Reporting on Sexual Assault on October 7th – Breaking Down the Damage: Rania Batrice & Krystal Ball
- Strong Arm Press https://strongarmpress.com/
- Deconstructed Podcast, The Intercept https://theintercept.com/podcasts/deconstructed/
- Politics With Ryan Grim, The Intercept Newsletter https://theintercept.com/collections/politics-with-ryan-grim/
- CNN and the IDF Censor 1/4/24: https://theintercept.com/2024/01/04/cnn-idf-censor/
- The Intercept 12/5/23 AOC Rejects 100,000 from AIPAC https://theintercept.com/2023/12/05/aoc-aipac-squad-book/
- The Intercept 2/28/24: “Between the Hammer and the Anvil” -The Story Behind the New York Times October 7 Exposé
- The Intercept 1/28/24: New York Times Puts “Daily” Episode on Ice Amid Internal Firestorm Over Hamas Sexual Violence Article
- The Intercept 3/14/24 Lawsuit questions Columbia’s decision to suspend students. https://theintercept.com/2024/03/14/palestine-penn-columbia-gaza-protest-lawsuits/