San Francisco Chronicle · San Francisco, California · 11 May 1948
CP-1948-130
Palestine War Coverage Hurt By Censorship
Associated Press
Transcribed from the clipping
“LONDON, May 10 (AP) — Military censorship in some areas is hampering news coverage of the Arab-Jewish war for Palestine. An Associated Press survey shows censorship to be strictest in Syria and Lebanon, where all foreign correspondents’ dispatches must pass through the hands of censors.
In Palestine Haganah, the Jewish defense force, censors all Jewish papers, paying most attention to reports of military operations, but also watching for political developments… There is no censorship of stories cabled from Egypt, but films must be developed before being sent abroad.
British censorship of the Palestine press, practiced to some degree since before World War II, ended April 30. It was stiffened considerably during the past year to protect British forces and to ban publication of Jewish-Arab news deemed likely to lead to violence.”
Context added by this archive
One Associated Press survey of who was censoring what, printed across the country in May 1948 under headlines that do not agree about the answer. This one names no censor at all.
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"Palestine War Coverage Hurt By Censorship," San Francisco Chronicle, 11 May 1948. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1948-130. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1948-130
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