Reuters Staff Criticise Agency for Downplaying Palestinian Suffering
Inside Reuters: ‘Our coverage silences Palestinian suffering’
Insiders at Reuters reveal their battles with management over covering Palestine. / Reuters
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An internal report has accused Reuters editors of pro-Israel bias, highlighting decisions that downplay Palestinian suffering and avoid terms such as “Palestine.”
The criticism gained traction after the agency ran a headline earlier this month on Israel’s killing of Palestinian journalist Anas Al Sharif, which read: “Israel kills Al Jazeera journalist it says was Hamas leader.” Al Sharif, once part of Reuters’ Pulitzer Prize-winning team in 2024, was assassinated in Gaza. The wording drew widespread backlash online and prompted unease inside the newsroom.
Several current and former employees, speaking anonymously to Declassified UK, described what they see as an editorial culture that routinely marginalises Palestinian perspectives and sidesteps coverage of expert claims that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
Reuters, founded in London in 1851 and reaching more than a billion people daily, is now facing growing scrutiny not just from outside critics but from its own staff.
