Book Talk: The Complicit Lens: US Media & Israel's Genocide

The Complicit Lens: Media and Gaza

Join acclaimed media scholar Robin Andersen, author of The Complicit Lens: US Media Coverage of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza, for a timely conversation about the role of mainstream media in shaping how Gaza is understood.

Drawing on extensive research into outlets including The New York Times and CNN, Andersen examines the language, framing, omissions and editorial choices that have shaped coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza — and the ways Palestinian voices and crucial historical context have been sidelined.

The conversation will explore media bias, journalistic accountability, the repetition of unverified narratives, and the vital role of independent and Palestinian journalists in challenging dominant media narratives.

The event will include a Q&A and audience discussion.

Robin Andersen is professor emerita of media studies at Fordham University and an award-winning author whose work focuses on media, war, politics and humanitarian crises.