‘Whitewashing genocide’: How Democrats andthe media kept Gaza out of the DNC

From rumors that Beyonce was going to perform to Uncommitted delegates staging an all-night sit-in outside the United Center to demand that a Palestinian voice be given time to speak on the main stage, there were many storylines that emerged from the 2024 Democratic National Convention. But the DNC also showed how the ruling establishment and corporate media work together to curate a fantasy version of reality, especially when it comes to whitewashing the Biden-Harris Administration’s unequivocal support for Israel’s genocidal assault on Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez speaks with Sarah Lazare and Adam Johnson about what reporting at the DNC taught them about the changed media environment we are all part of. 
Sarah Lazare is the editor of Workday Magazine and a contributing editor for In These Times; she was reporting from Chicago as a freelancer for The Nation magazine, separate from her Workday responsibilities. Adam Johnson is cohost of the podcast, a columnist at TRNN, and the author of the The Column on Substack; he was also reporting from Chicago as a freelancer for The Nation magazine.