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Back Stories Back Stories U.S. NEWS PRODUCTION AND PALESTINIAN POLITICS Amahl A. Bishara Stanford University Press Stanford, California Stanford University Press Stanford, California ©2013 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Stanford University Press. Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bishara, Amahl A., 1976- author. Back stories : U.S. news production and Palestinian politics / Amahl A. Bishara. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8047-8140-4 (cloth : alk. paper)--ISBN 978-0-8047-8141-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Journalists, Palestinian Arab--West Bank. 2. Journalism--Political aspects--West Bank. 3. Journalism--Objectivity--United States. 4. West Bank--Press coverage--United States. 5. Gaza Strip--Press coverage--United States. 6. Palestinian Arabs--Press coverage--United States. 7. Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000---Press coverage--United States. 8. Arab-Israeli conflict-- 1993---Press coverage--United States. I. Title. PN5449.W46B57 2012 070.4089'9274--dc23 2012031153 Typeset by Bruce Lundquist in 10/14 Minion To my parents, June and Ghassan Bishara As you express yourself in metaphor, think of others (those who have lost the right to speak). Mahmoud Darwish, “Think of Others” CONTENTS List of Illustrations xi Acknowledgments xiii A Note on Transliteration xvii Introduction 1 Does a Checkpoint Have Two Sides? 29 1 Balanced Objectivity and Accumulated Authorship 34 Words That Fly in the Air 68 2 Arming State Speech, Constraining Journalists’ Work 73 An Innocent Evening Out? Representing Cultural Life and Resistance 102 3 Working from Home: Disinterest and the Scope of the Political 106 A Reliable Source? Prison Bars as Sound Barrier 131 4 The Embodied and Up-Close Work of Journalism 136 Locating the Foreign Correspondent at a Demonstration 162 5 The Separation Wall as Stage for Refugee Identities 167 Parsing “Chaos” 197
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