The New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times’ coverage of Israel’s invasion in Gaza showed a consistent bias against Palestinians, according to an Intercept analysis of major media coverage.

The print media outlets, which play an influential role in shaping US views of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, paid little attention to the unprecedented impact of Israel’s siege and bombing campaign on both children and journalists in the Gaza Strip.

Major US newspapers disproportionately emphasised Israeli deaths in the conflict; used emotive language to describe the killings of Israelis, but not Palestinians; and offered lopsided coverage of antisemitic acts in the US, while largely ignoring anti-Muslim racism in the wake of October 7.

Pro-Palestinian activists have accused major publications of pro-Israel bias, with The New York Times seeing protests at its headquarters in Manhattan for its coverage of Gaza — an accusation supported by our analysis.

Read the full analysis here.