She made particular reference to Reuters’ reporting on Israel’s killing of prominent Al-Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif and six other media workers on August 10, saying the agency had “perpetuate[d] Israel’s propaganda”. She said it had been “wilfully abandoning the most basic responsibility of journalism” by publishing the “baseless claim” from the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) that Al-Sharif was an operative for Hamas.
An initial report published by Reuters received backlash after running with the headline: “Israel kills Al Jazeera journalist it says was Hamas leader”.
Zink said she could no longer wear her press pass without feeling “shame and grief”, as she shared an image of her press card snapped in half alongside her statement.
What you describe isn’t how it always was. News have grown accustomed to skating by with nothing but police statements, for the most obvious example, to make very bold claims. The obsession with being early and the risk of bucking the system of power only to be proven wrong later has been crippling for media integrity.