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.
Phrases like “pro-Palestinian advocacy” and “anti-Palestinian racism” have become devoid of meaning. They are increasingly being used in the media, educational, and advocacy worlds to describe speech and conduct that have little, if anything, to do with the plain meaning of the words.
One can legitimately question the wisdom and even the motivations of government officials exerting financial pressure on universities over their handling of antisemitism. But the toxic culture that has burgeoned at Harvard, and the university’s failure to take meaningful steps to reverse it, discredit Alan Garber’s self-serving declarations that he can address the problem without external intervention. As the last year and a half illustrated, the same is true for many of the nation’s top universities.
CAMERA did not target a pair of Georgetown University "academics" for their speech; we targeted them for their conduct on behalf of and in support of a terrorist organization. It is this simple fact which the ACLU goes to such lengths to obfuscate. Working for and aiding terrorists is not a civil liberty. On the contrary, it is a very real threat to our freedoms.
