"Original, seminal, iconoclastic and ground breaking": THE COMPLICIT LENS
Posted by Midwest Book Review on July 20, 2026
"Commencing with the October 7, 2023, attack, "The Complicit Lens" scrutinizes mainstream journalism, contrasting it with social media reports and international news coverage. It reveals how legacy media presented Israeli violence as defensive and justified, casting doubt on IDF bombings, employing passive language to deflect blame for atrocities, and repeating Israeli talking points, often word-for-word. Massacres of those seeking food became "aid-related deaths," whilst missile attacks on tented refugees were "tragic mistakes."