Genocide by Press Release
The UN’s Theatre, the BBC’s Chorus, and the Cheapening of Justice
If you’re going to light the torches, at least pretend you’ve read the manual. A United Nations Commission of Inquiry drops a 72-page thunderclap proclaiming Israel guilty of genocide; the BBC sprints to the microphone like it’s Eurovision and they’re about to announce the votes from Geneva. “Reasonable grounds,” “only reasonable inference,” “strongest …
