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.
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.
Two articles by influential Spanish news agency EFE articles published four months apart reveal with striking clarity a double standard in the news agency's coverage of Palestinian suffering versus Israeli suffering.
Reuters' fawning feature starring the mother of a convicted Palestinian prisoner buries the brutal crime of convicted murderer Diaa El Agha and falsely identifies his civilian victim as a Mossad spy agency officer.
Using the current Israel-Hamas ceasefire as their cue to place Palestinian terrorists on equal footing as innocent Israeli hostages, some underperforming journalists are sanitizing the bloody records of hardcore terrorists.
Bloomberg's Joumanna Bercetche erroneously reports that a ceasefire deal would see "the exchange of hostages and Palestinian political prisoners." Imprisoned Palestinians potentially to be freed are all affiliated with designated terror organizations and/or engaged in terror activity. None are in jail due to protected political activity.
UPI reports as fact a Palestinian organization's dubious claim that nearly 9000 West Bank Palestinians have been arrested since Oct. 7, ignoring Israel's figure of less than half that number. Once again, McClatchy pulls Adam Schrader's deeply flawed article from all of its sites.
