When CNBC covered Mamdani’s threats to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on July 20, the outlet failed to inform viewers that despite the politically charged rhetoric, International Criminal Court arrest warrants hold no authority in the United States.
Dana Bash's interview with Brad Lander exposed a wave of media failures, from misrepresenting Raphael Lemkin’s genocide legacy to shockingly redefining Holocaust-era "kapos." This analysis debunks those claims alongside factual errors about Israeli democracy, voting rights, and West Bank security realities.
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria and former NSA Jake Sullivan's recent exchange displayed a stark disregard for the hardships of daily life in wartime Israel. After all, advocating for a flawed peace is easy when you never have to endure the catastrophic consequences of its collapse.
Following the media's hyperfocus on the ICC’s 2024 request warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Gallant, the press corps has gone quiet on the case's latest hiccups, including the suspension of chief prosecutor Karim Khan.
A Reuters "correction" posted on X unequivocally alleging that "Israel’s settlements in the occupied West Bank are deemed illegal under international law" is contradicted not only by the facts, but also by the news agency's own reporting.
Today, we are witnessing a coordinated effort to collapse the boundaries of law and language to target the State of Israel. By aiding the campaign to redefine genocide, news outlets are actively eroding the post-war liberal framework and transforming international law into a tool of state propaganda.
Though the headline of a Francesca Albanese profile published at British Vogue, “Francesca Albanese Wants The World To Wake Up”, is a reference to her new book’s 'insight' into injustices against Palestinians, her long record of hateful rhetoric suggests what she wants “the world to wake up” to is the threat posed by Jews.
Sara Qudah, from the Committee to Protect Journalists, appeared on PBS to discuss the killing of journalist Ali Hassan Shaib by the IDF. Qudah claimed Israel had a practice of targeting journalists, and PBS' Nick Shifrin did nothing to challenge her, despite recent admissions by Palestinian Islamic Jihad that some "journalists" killed in Gaza were actually its operatives.
Political science professor and host of PBS' "Ivory Tower" program, Nina Moore, proved that she could push back on statements from her fellow academics at the roundtable when she wanted to. When Israel was slandered by Professor Anirban Acharya, Moore said nothing.
There is no one true interpretation of what international law mandates, regardless of what “experts” at outlets from the Washington Post to the New York Times to Deutsche Welle claim.
