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Monica Komer is an intern at the Middle East Institute. She is pursuing dual degrees in international studies and journalism, with Arabic and Middle Eastern studies minors, as an honors student at Miami University of Ohio. Her writing has appeared in: The Miami Student, Love & Honors eNewsletter, and connectedincairo.com. At Miami University, she is completing research on new media in the Middle East. Previously, she studied Arabic in Morocco as a National Security Language Initiative scholar.
Collection Spotlight: Pens and Swords: How the American Mainstream Media Report the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict By Marda Dunsky
Free media in a democratic society allows people to evaluate and challenge, to scrutinize honestly and debate accurately. But what happens when mainstream media unknowingly fails the public? Marda Dunsky argues that, when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a decade-old conflict at the center of U.S. interests in the Middle East, the American mainstream media has failed the public and even perpetuated violence.
