Status Updates From How to Sell a Genocide: The...

Very readable, bit repetitive so far, but that may be because johnson is so thorough

Laying down some stats about the use of the term “Terrorist”, the need to racially code the actions of Palestinian militants, and the circulating of the 40 beheaded babies myth to do so (Even to be parroted by the President Biden).

Good introduction. It lays out that the purpose of the book is to use empirical data of western news reporting on the genocide of Palestinians to analyze bias and manufactured consent, specifically from liberal, mainstream, or center-left media outlets (Right outlets are passed over because their stance is already very obvious). Right off the bat it reminds me a lot of Bad News From Venezuela.