Insiders say pressure from the top results in credulous reporting of Israeli claims and silencing of Palestinian perspectives by Chris McGreal Part 1 CNN is facing a backlash from its own staff over editorial policies they say have led to a regurgitation of Israeli propaganda and the censoring of Palestinian perspectives in the network’s coverage of the war in Gaza. Journalists in CNN newsrooms in the US and overseas say broadcasts have been skewed by management edicts and a story-approval process that has resulted in highly partial coverage of the Hamas massacre on 7 October and Israel’s retaliatory attack on Gaza. “ The majority of news since the war began, regardless of how accurate the initial reporting, has been skewed by a systemic and institutional bias within the network toward Israel, ” said one CNN staffer. “ Ultimately, CNN’s coverage of the Israel-Gaza war amounts to journalistic malpractice. ” According to accounts from six CNN staffers in multiple newsrooms, and more t