The anniversary of the Hamas slaughter of Israelis on October 7 may draw somber media coverage, but over the last year of the Israel-Gaza war, journalists have sided against Israel and for the terrorists of Hamas and Hezbollah. It starts by citing their “health ministry” casualty counts and avoiding any mention of them as “terrorists.” That word is apparently “politicized.”
The terrorists count on Western media bias to help them in their mission to eliminate the Jewish nation. In the framing of DEI leftists, Israel is the Oppressor and the Palestinian terrorists are the Oppressed.
The worst bias often comes from TV correspondents on the ground in the Middle East. Three days after the slaughter, CBS reporter Imtiaz Tyab touted Hamas: “What they lack in fire power, they make up for in ideology and sheer determination.” CBS has a correspondent who rains fire routinely on January 6 rioters and peaceful protesters (Scott MacFarlane), but Hamas is lionized for “sheer determination.” We’re not even talking about the native journalists who have been caught openly celebrating Hamas on social media. Only then do American media outlets drop them.
Our leftist media dismiss conservatives in general as the “far right,” but Hamas and Hezbollah are only “militant” groups. They don’t label them as radical or extreme despite their violent tactics. They think it’s fair to compare Donald Trump to Hitler, when they present the people who really want the Jews eliminated as Israel’s victims. How bizarre they are.
American media are fond of the BBC, but a recent study found the BBC violated all of its own editorial guidelines in slanting toward Hamas. One of their editors was caught telling a class that Hamas had good, accurate body counts — and you shouldn’t call them “terrorists.”
We wrap up by addressing how NPR smeared National Review editor Rich Lowry as if he said the “N-word” in Megyn Kelly’s podcast, which he died not. Their ombudsman declared this should have never been a story in the first place. But it’s still posted on NPR.org with a “clarification.”
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