In a recent video, posted on CNN’s TikTok and YouTube “Shorts” channels, Amanpour claimed that an Iranian ballistic missile struck “near a hospital” in Beer Sheva. In fact, the missile slammed directly into the Soroka Medical Center, destroying the hospital’s surgical ward.
In a story ostensibly aimed at shedding light on Israelis seeking refuge in bomb shelters, CNN ended up demonstrating just how little it understands about the subject.
Germany and Qatar are two nations with two very different opinions on Israel’s Operation Rising Lion against the Iranian regime. Yet CNN decided to add “some context” on the opinion of only one of those nations – the one that happened to be supportive of Israel.
Relying on vague, unsourced statements and glaring omissions, CNN manipulatively portrays Israel as either recklessly or deliberately killing civilians and targeting “residential areas” in Iran.
CNN's Matthew Chance argues that by launching strikes against Iran, Israel is embroiling itself in an unwinnable war with no clear end. Echoing talking points of American critics of past American wars, he repeatedly lamented Israel’s supposed lack of an “exit strategy,” concluding that “Israelis face yet another grinding, dangerous war of attrition, with no time limits and no clear end.” But this analysis isn’t merely flawed—it actively misleads CNN’s audience by erasing critical context.
A CNN morning update on the Israel-Iran War, entitled “Israel and Iran traded another overnight barrage of strikes. Here’s the latest,” applies a curious double standard when it comes to casualties.
As tensions escalate between Iran and Israel, CAMERA Senior Analyst David Litman joined India’s WION News to offer expert insight into the regional and global implications. In two video clips, he addresses the stakes for Israel, the role of proxy groups, and the international response.
Where is the line between journalism and propaganda? Reuters blurs it in its June 10 article, “Israel commits 'extermination' in Gaza by killing in schools, UN experts say,” by Francois Murphy, which uncritically amplifies the United Nations’s Commission of Inquiry’s (COI) flawed and biased claims of Israeli war crimes.
When it comes to restoring academic quality and combating antisemitism, Harvard’s actions continue to defy its lofty promises. Consider just the most recent example: the appointment of Shaul Magid as a “Professor of Modern Jewish Studies in Residence” at Harvard Divinity School.
