Thread by @HonestReporting

The @NYTimes has posted *yet another* video showing how the lives of Gazans have been affected by the war between Israel and Hamas in May.

Not once in the video are viewers told of the Hamas policy of hiding behind human shields.

#InconvenientFacts

During the video, parents to a newly-born baby mention her name: Seif al-Quds.

Had the Times translated the name and provided context, viewers would have known it means "Sword of Jerusalem," the name Hamas gave to its rocket bombardment of Israeli cities, towns.

Then there's the use of Israeli officials "said."

There's plenty of evidence, established by journalists and independent bodies, that Hamas embeds its military infrastructure in civilian districts, hides its personnel
and command HQs in hospitals, mosques and health clinics.

Toward the end, the video adds this information for context. The numbers are important, but do not tell the whole story.

We've added more information, in a voice and style in keeping with that of a serious news outlet.

@NYTtimes readers are not getting this crucial context.

This video compares very poorly against a video it recently produced about the experiences of those in Israel during the conflict.

That video was just over 7 minutes long. This video is almost 14 minutes long; nearly double in length.

Text boxes appear in each video.

Towards the end of the Israeli video, one reads: "Hamas says its attacks during the war were in response to Israeli aggressions, starting with Israeli police raids and evictions in East Jerusalem."

The Israeli perspective is not given.

Compare that with the video from Gaza, which cites Israeli officials who "confirmed their military carried out the attacks featured in this video."

"They said that they were targeting Hamas military infrastructure, not civilians."

Crucially, though, immediately afterward, UN statistics then appear on-screen, showing that many were killed in Gaza. This seems to "disprove" the Israeli claim.

Why is Israel's claim contextualised, challenged in a way that Hamas's claim is not, @NYTimes?

It's striking how in the Palestinian video numerous children are interviewed.

In the Israeli video, however, those featured are business owners, workers, a foreign laborer, and one young woman. No young children at all.

It’s tugging at heartstrings stuff. @NYTimes distorts reality while paying lip service to journalistic balance by having two videos.

But those two videos are not even remotely balanced — not in context, not in content, not in those interviewed.