CNN has been quick to note it can’t independently verify death tolls in Iran. But when it comes to Gaza, the network has no problem reporting casualty figures from Hamas, a designated terrorist organization.
In less than five minutes, Jeremy Bowen misrepresented the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and one of its founders, erased Hamas ceasefire violations, omitted key context on IDF activity in Gaza and the details of Trump’s Twenty Point Plan, and left listeners with almost no information on the Board of Peace but a clear impression of arbitrary Israeli cruelty.
The Financial Times, according to its own Editorial Code, must distinguish between comment, conjecture, and fact. Yet two recent news articles grossly failed to do that, characterizing the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation as having "failed" as a matter of fact.
NBC News reported that the entire Gaza Strip was still at risk of starvation despite the IPC's own reports and the recent United Nations' acknowledgment that 100% of food needs in Gaza have been met.
Major news organizations keep citing Hamas’ Health Ministry as a reputable source. Hamas is a designated terrorist organization, and the health ministry has a long history of lying about its death toll numbers. So why aren’t journalists more skeptical about the Hamas Health Ministry’s claims?
Even after two years of war, the BBC still has no interest in reporting accurately and impartially on the topic of the exploitation of educational buildings (and other public facilities, including hospitals) by terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip in order to facilitate audience understanding of why such buildings may have been damaged or destroyed during that time.
A "News Hour" segment on damage to the rich cultural history of the Gaza Strip during two years of war covers up Hamas' presence at landmark sites, falsely reports the destruction of an intact church, and completely erases the territory's Jewish history, leaving behind a journalistic wasteland in its wake.
While Amnesty International has explicitly labeled Israel’s actions in Gaza a “genocide,” the organization’s recently published report on Oct. 7 omitted years of statements by Hamas leaders and language from its charter demonstrating genocidal intent against Jews.
In an emotionally manipulative NBC News report, the media outlet claimed that Gaza infants were dying due to a baby formula shortage last summer, placing the blame on Israel. The reality, and recently publicized footage online, show the true culprit.