With claims of "31 journalists killed," the Iranian-backed Houthis borrow an effective propaganda tactic from Hamas: rebranding terror operatives as journalists. Following communication from CAMERA, AP acknowledges IDF information that Sept. 10 airstrikes in Yemen hit the Houthi's propaganda arm, which trumpets the organization's motto "Death to America; Death to Israel; A Curse upon the Jews."
Reuters' coverage of the Houthis has whitewashed the "who" (an Iranian-backed terror organization with a genocidal raison d'être) and the "what" (some 400 missile and drone attacks).
Erasing the Houthis' foundational call of "Death to America, Death to Israel, Curse on the Jews," Reuters recasts the designated terror group as a movement representing a persecuted minority fighting for its (unspecified) interests.
After parroting without question demonstrably false Houthi propaganda about an attack on "Israeli military targets," the Associated Press has commendably clarified that the ballistic missile hit an elementary school.
Unmoored from facts, AP terms Houthi attacks on international commercial ships as "retaliation" for Israel's war against Hamas, labels Ismail Haniyah a "relative moderate," and affords Hamas more credibility than Israel.
According to Jessica Burbank, the Houthis are peace activists targeting ships bringing weapons to Israel, some 23 percent of Gaza's young women have been sexually assaulted by IDF soldiers, Hamas doesn't operate in the West Bank and US intelligence agencies are wrong about Hamas' command center in Shifa hospital.
Reuters' recent misreporting includes a factual error (no, Houthi attacks did not hit Eilat), an egregious double standard on casualty reporting, and whitewashing Palestinian combatants plus Hamas' brutal takeover.
