(Washington Post) Terrence McCoy - In Gaza, more than a dozen local radio stations compete for the ears of 1.8 million residents, but none of the stations have the reach and influence of Hamas-controlled Al-Aqsa, which amounts to official state media. "Because of the radio and television, many people believe in Hamas," said Gaza political analyst Talal Okal. But, he added, Al-Aqsa doesn't reflect all the facts - just those that make Hamas look good. Ibrahim Daher, the station's director, explained Al-Aqsa's strategy for covering news: "Our policy has always been to keep silent about certain news," he said. "If there was bad news during the war, or something went wrong, we just kept silent about it. And now we mostly keep silent about the blockade, and that Hamas wasn't able to lift it during the war," he added.
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