The News You Didn’t Hear About This Week: Friday, August 28, 2026
An assassination plot on Yair Netanyahu. United Nations' news roundup. An old UNRWA facility will be converted to an Arab community center complex.
The Times’ Islamic Republic of Economics
Should the U.S. let Iran control Hormuz? A New York Times op-ed suggested it should, but the logic it employs is questionable.
The Old News of the “New Physics of War”
A New York Times op-ed claims the recent wars in the Middle East demonstrate "the new physics of power." But these allegedly new physics are actually quite old.
EFE’s Post-Oct. 7 Coverage: Terror Groups as Bit Players With Outsized Credibility in Spanish News Agency
A CAMERA Espanol study of EFE's post-Oct. 7 coverage finds anti-Israel libels -- from organ harvesting, to snipers targeting infants and the bombing of the Minab girls' school in Iran -- levelling up as supposedly legitimate news. Meanwhile, Hamas and Hezbollah violence melts away as episodic or nonexistent background noise.
Iran’s New Foreign Policy Chief Is an Internationally Wanted Terror Mastermind—And the Press Won’t Report it
Rezaee is wanted by INTERPOL for a terrorist attack against the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA) in 1994.
Confusing Times
The New York Times keeps trying to figure out why the U.S. went to war with Iran. Having proposed multiple answers, it now offers another one -- producing confusion instead of clarity.
The New York Times Re-Runs War Tropes During Pause in Fighting
In a new round of reporting on the U.S. war against Iran, The New York Times recycled some of its greatest hits from early on in the war.
Anti-Strategic Thinking at Foreign Policy
“Reduced U.S. interests in the Middle East” is a fantasy, stemming from the illusion of U.S. oil independence. One would think that rising gas prices would have ended this myth by now after exposing how U.S. prices still reflect global production. On top of that, U.S. allies and partners in Asia and Europe, which Walldorf elevates as priorities, need Middle Eastern oil for their own economies.
UK press regulator partially upholds CAMERA complaint against the Times
After nearly six months, the UK press regulator, IPSO, partially upheld our complaint to the Times over a false claim regarding the Israeli casualty count during the 2025 Iran War.
The Ahmadinejad Question(s)
The New York Times published a second article on Israel's alleged plan for regime change in Iran. Just like the first article on the topic, this report too demonstrates serious issues.