Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war

Post by Qem » Wed, Mar 06, 2024, 5:26 PM UTC

GrumpySloth wrote: post #8

Qem wrote: post #2

Archived: http://web.archive.org/web/20240303014749/https://pressgazet... > Around 10% of Gaza's journalists have been killed versus 2.5% of healthcare workers. These figures are insane! The number of journalists killed crossed the threshold where Gaza journalists can be declared officially decimated, according to the historical definition of the term as 1/10 killed[1]. I noticed if we plot the journalist killings ag…

> I noticed if we plot the journalist killings against general population killings in Gaza, the graph deviates from an approximately straight line that might be expected if journalists were merely being killed as a result of "collateral damage" amidst indiscriminated bombings I think this assumption is wrong. Journalists are known to try to get the most shocking photos and reports. I would expect their rates of injur…

Post by McNutty » Wed, Mar 06, 2024, 5:57 PM UTC

blurbleblurble wrote: post #6

I appreciate that this is on here and I hope we can collectively handle it. Tech isn't isolated from this situation, as difficult as it is to admit and talk about with civility and care. A US military software engineer even self immolated recently in protest of what's happening. I don't see what's happening in Gaza as being culturally particular to the specific identity groups involved here. It's a very human situati…

Post by leereeves » Wed, Mar 06, 2024, 6:30 PM UTC

Qem wrote: post #11

GrumpySloth wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I noticed if we plot the journalist killings against general population killings in Gaza, the graph deviates from an approximately straight line that might be expected if journalists were merely being killed as a result of "collateral damage" amidst indiscriminated bombings I think this assumption is wrong. Journalists are known to try to get the most shocking photos and reports. I would expect their rates of injur…

There should be some level of occupational hazard, but surely not 3x as high when compared to people actually engaged in combat (Journalist:~75:1; Hamas militant:~25:1), and high enough to greatly deplete their numbers.

Post by Qem » Wed, Mar 06, 2024, 6:43 PM UTC

McNutty wrote: post #13

blurbleblurble wrote: post #6

I appreciate that this is on here and I hope we can collectively handle it. Tech isn't isolated from this situation, as difficult as it is to admit and talk about with civility and care. A US military software engineer even self immolated recently in protest of what's happening. I don't see what's happening in Gaza as being culturally particular to the specific identity groups involved here. It's a very human situati…

Strongly disagree. This platform for tech news should not become a place for political posts, nor even for posting regular news headlines. Yes we know that reddit sucks but stop trying to make hn into reddit. Also the community can't handle it, just look at the handful of comments we already have here.

Post by aaomidi » Wed, Mar 06, 2024, 6:49 PM UTC

McNutty wrote: post #13

blurbleblurble wrote: post #6

I appreciate that this is on here and I hope we can collectively handle it. Tech isn't isolated from this situation, as difficult as it is to admit and talk about with civility and care. A US military software engineer even self immolated recently in protest of what's happening. I don't see what's happening in Gaza as being culturally particular to the specific identity groups involved here. It's a very human situati…

Strongly disagree. This platform for tech news should not become a place for political posts, nor even for posting regular news headlines. Yes we know that reddit sucks but stop trying to make hn into reddit. Also the community can't handle it, just look at the handful of comments we already have here.