Jennifer Kouzi

When Media Call a Cockpit Stabbing, Hijacking Distress Signal and Nosedive a Pilot ‘Clash,’ ‘Fight’ or ‘Brawl’

One pilot stabbed another on a FlyDubai flight en route to Tel Aviv, resulting in the stabbed pilot sending distress and hijacking signals. The plane took a nosedive and a mass casualty event was thwarted by brave crew members and Israeli passengers who subdued the attacking copilot. Despite this known information, early and mid-day mainstream media news reports sanitized the terrifying events as a "fight," "brawl," or "clash" in the cockpit.

The News You Didn’t Hear About This Week: Friday, Sept. 25, 2026

Former advisor to PLO Chief Arafat says Oslo Accords were a deception. A parody account on the social media platform X claiming to be the fictional (and female) "Chief Rabbi of Gaza" duped a Gazan photojournalist. Over 6,000 historians, legal experts, academics and others sign an open letter rejecting accusation of genocide against Israel.

The New York Times Can’t See Itself

In an article analyzing the origin and spread of viral misinformation, The New York Times was unable to see how it has participated in the dangerous phenomenon.