It is time for readers to ask why The New York Times amplified unsubstantiated claims of widespread sexual violence against Palestinian prisoners by Israelis and dogs, but downplayed verifiable claims of sexual assault by women against a Nazi-tattooed Senate candidate.
The New York Times' Executive Editor Joseph Kahn made comments suggesting he is distancing himself and the paper's newsroom from Nicholas Kristof's opinion column that blamed Israel for systematic sexual abuse and rape of Palestinians. Kahn's comments leave some important questions unanswered.
Trust in journalism is at an all-time low because journalists are debasing their own noble profession, CAMERA's David Litman writes at JNS. Journalists should be the first to challenge the dishonesty in Nicholas Kristof's piece alleging systemic sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners.
Serious accusations demand serious evidence. Nicholas Kristof’s New York Times opinion piece makes an extremely serious accusation: that Israel employs “systematic” sexual violence against Palestinians.
But his case falls apart with the merest scrutiny, and in publishing it, the New York Times has debased its level of journalism from the self-proclaimed “paper of record” to tabloid.
The BBC lines up behind The New York Times' defense of Nicholas Kristof's baseless opinion column alleging that Israel employs "systematic" sexual violence against Palestinians.
Nicholas Kristof's column charging Israel with systematic sexual abuse and rape of Palestinian prisoners was criticized for fomenting antisemitism and bad journalism. But the worst enemy of Kristof’s column is arguably Nicholas Kristof himself, CAMERA's Omri Tubi writes at JNS.
The New York Times has published a lot of biased journalism over the years. We at CAMERA know this plenty well. But the egregiousness of Kristof’s column shocks even us. Retracting it is necessary, but far from sufficient. Kristof has demonstrated he has no business being employed in the world of journalism. His editors have similarly demonstrated their complete lack of fitness for their roles.
Any credible allegations of abuse should be investigated. At the same time, Kristof’s column clearly fails to meet the standards of ethical journalism.
Truckers are accustomed to very long journeys, but what about a line of 30,000 vehicles waiting for months on end to pass inspections and cross a border? If that sounds like beyond the realm of reason, it's because it is. Introducing Jane Arraf's tall tale of the wide loads.
In the fight between Israel and Hamas the rockets and bombs may have stopped for now, but what hasn’t even paused are the efforts by human rights organizations and certain pundits, politicians and comedians to condemn Israel for allegedly using “disproportional force,” ethnically cleansing Palestinians from Jerusalem, and being an apartheid state. All the charges are recycled lies and propaganda.
