Call them demons without calling them demons: How The New York Times legitimises violence in its coverage of 7 October 2023
Published online on January 19, 2026
Abstract
Discourse & Society, Volume 37, Issue 4, Page 704-726, July 2026.
The New York Times’s coverage of Gaza has been extensively studied for media bias, yet its role in legitimising mass violence has been relatively unexamined. Addressing this gap, I analyse the newspaper’s reporting from 7 October 2023, through 7 April ...
The New York Times’s coverage of Gaza has been extensively studied for media bias, yet its role in legitimising mass violence has been relatively unexamined. Addressing this gap, I analyse the newspaper’s reporting from 7 October 2023, through 7 April ...