Mideast reporting can be unreliable, veteran journalist says
TORONTO — Mark Lavie spent 40 years as a journalist in the Middle East, including two years living in Egypt, and he suggests consumers of the media should be cautious about accepting at face value what they read or hear.
There are big stories that go untold, as reporters pursue a narrative that more readily fits their worldview, and there are intimidation and threats that prevent full reporting from trouble spots like Gaza and the West Bank. What you get is not necessarily what’s really happening in these regions, he said.
