Reporting wrongdoings in open democracies like Israel takes rather less courage than doing the same in, say, Syria.
Everyone is talking about how facebook and twitter have made the revolutions in the Middle-East possible. While this is true, does it have anything to do with the fact that most journalists today are just too scared to do their job?
In a way, many journalists have become numb. They pretend to fight for the right to knowledge, for freedom of information and for freedom of speech, but do they actually do it?
Most journalists today have too much to lose. In Syria, for example, the government gave a distinct order not to allow any reports of its murderous actions in Dara and in Doma. Foreign journalists that are stationed in Syria are familiar with the rules: if you insist on covering the bloodshed in the streets, or reporting anything that is not authorized by the government, you’ll get arrested.
To read Lilac Sigan's article in full, please go to her blog The Other Side of the Equation.