Eyad Kourdi

The Extraordinary Dishonesty of CNN’s “Gaza Famine” Coverage

A CNN feature on an alleged “famine” in Gaza offers a case study in what happens when journalists let their storylines lead the facts instead of the other way around. The article’s central premise—that famine has taken hold in Gaza and that Israel is solely to blame—collapses upon examination of CNN’s own reporting.

CNN: Journalism in Service of Hamas War Crimes

CNN’s coverage portrays three separate standards in the law of armed conflict: a unique, higher standard applied to the Jewish state; the standard applied to the rest of the world; and no standard to Palestinian terrorists who seek to wipe the Jewish state from the face of the earth.