Conflict and War

ITV News report on Lebanon abandons even the pretense of journalism

By ignoring Hezbollah’s likely role in the incident they reported, while failing to provide viewers with the Israel’s response to the incendiary accusation that that the army intentionally struck a hospital, ITV News violated the Accuracy clause of the UK's broadcast media regulator.

Video: Is Israel responsible for Gaza child marriages?

Blaming Israel’s response to the October 7 atrocities for the assault of young Palestinian girls by adult Palestinian men is a new low for the Associated Press. By holding the Gazan parents who enabled the underage unions as exempt from responsibility, and blaming Israel for the parents’ decisions, the AP treats Palestinian adults like children.
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a joint press conference

Is Israel Trapping America or Pulling It Out of One?

The Newsweek article follows up on a previous editorial, warning Trump to avoid “losing control” over Israel, which was “increasingly aggressive” as an actor. This argument stands on a fallacy, that the interests of the United States and Israel in the Middle East don’t align.

Sky News fails to challenge pro-Hamas guest

Sky News presenter Yalda Hakim interviewed Jeremy Scahill, a “journalist” with Drop Site News, known for promoting pro-Hamas and pro-Iranian regime propaganda, and failed to challenge any of his extremist views.

MassLive’s Islamic Jihad Love Story

MassLive allowed itself to be used to spread what can only be described as a propaganda puff piece. The professed purpose of the article is to shape the audience’s perception of “the human reality behind life in Gaza.” In doing so, the author depicted Israel as denying someone “happiness in a peaceful world,” while omitting that same person's own violent contribution to the absence of a “peaceful world.”

From the River to the Studio: NPR’s Pity Party for Mahmoud Khalil

NPR added to its repertoire of soft or sympathetic interviews of perpetrators, leaders and supporters of Palestinian terror in its recent interview with Mahmoud Khalil. Structured to garner sympathy, NPR never asked him about the speech he claims he has been targeted for or why he has repeatedly refused to condemn Hamas.