Media critics have condemned the BBC's passive coverage of the G*zas' flooded tent camps, arguing that attributing the disaster to the autumn rains obscures how Israel's destruction and blockade caused the crisis.
"The rain explains the flooding, but it doesn't explain why tens of thousands of Palestinians remain so vulnerable to it," responded the Media Integrity Center (MIC), an organization that aims to build a healthier media ecosystem that includes Dr. Essel Rad, author of the book Don't Say Palestine: How the Media Created Consent for Research.