Scrolling Isn’t Reporting: When Journalists Amplify Social Media Disinformation
When bad-faith actors use social media as an accelerant for anti-Israel disinformation, the news media too often fans the flames instead of stopping the spread.
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United Nations Lists Every Combatant As “Civilian”
Which armed terror operative does the United Nations mischaracterize as a civilian? All of them. Every single senior Hamas terror leader, Islamic Jihad gunman, and Aqsa Martyrs Brigades IED thrower killed in action since 2008.
UPDATED: Reuters Removes Story Which Turned Murdered Civilian into Mossad Spy Officer
Reuters' fawning feature starring the mother of a convicted Palestinian prisoner buries the brutal crime of convicted murderer Diaa El Agha and falsely identifies his civilian victim as a Mossad spy agency officer.
NY Times Falsifies Link Between Antisemitic Imam and Terrorist’s Mosque
New York Times reporters and editors apparently didn't want readers to know that the man who spewed antisemitism at a Houston mosque was the mosque's imam. The deceived their audience by misrepresenting him as a passing guest.
Manufacturing Intent: Amnesty Flails with Genocide Slur
Amnesty International's report must prove Israeli "intent" to destroy the population of Gaza, so it flails to misrepresent comments by senior Israeli leaders. In flailing to prove genocide, it merely draws attention to how spectacularly it is failing to prove genocide.
Media Amplifies “Video” Used to Excuse Amsterdam Violence — Does it Exist?
After last week’s “Jew hunt” in Amsterdam, anti-Israel activists rushed to excuse the brutal assaults. If Israelis and Jews across the city were beaten down and kicked while lying defenseless and unconscious, the focus, they insisted, should be on Jewish behavior. The media soon joined in.
In NY Times, Doctors With Credibility Issues
Some of the healthcare professionals quoted in a recent New York Times essay have a history of dishonest activism.
NY Times Forgets: UN Resolution Calls for Disarming of Hezbollah
Although United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 calls for the disarming of Hezbollah through Lebanon, the New York Times misinforms readers by citing only the part of the resolution calling on the terror group to evacuate southern Lebanon.
The New York Times Balances, Slants on Oct. 7 Anniversary
Even as the New York Times carefully balanced its coverage on the anniversary of a one-sided massacre, a familiar slant is evident.
Attempts to Erase Nasrallah’s Antisemitism
Anti-Israel terror groups reliably have their apologists. And so doubts have been raised about whether Nasrallah really made two antisemitic statements. He did.