Media Blindness: When Hamas Breaks the Ceasefire and Headlines Blame Israel

Key Takeaways Hamas broke the Gaza ceasefire by killing two Israeli soldiers — yet many outlets framed Israel’s response as the cause of the escalation. Major media used skeptical language or omitted Hamas entirely, relying...
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Did Popular NPR Podcast Break Its Own Journalistic Standards?

Key Takeaways: NPR's popular Code Switch podcast recently aired an episode purporting to discuss how American Jews view Israel but focused solely on fringe anti-Israel voices within the Jewish community. The failure to provide a...
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ABC News Fails to Acknowledge Interviewee is Hamas Spokesperson

Key takeaways: The IDF revealed that Mahmoud Bassal, the “Gaza Civil Spokesperson,” was a Hamas-affiliated terrorist. ABC News interviewed Bassal, without stating his terrorist affiliation.  Quoting Bassal without attribution gives him and Hamas an air...
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After the Ceasefire: Gazans Expose Hamas’ Hospital Torture Chambers — and the Media Look Away

Key Takeaways: After the Gaza ceasefire, Gazans have turned to social media to expose Hamas’ abuse of dissenters inside hospitals. The media largely ignore these testimonies because they disrupt the narrative that Israel was wrong...
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Media Blindness: When Hamas Breaks the Ceasefire and Headlines Blame Israel
Did Popular NPR Podcast Break Its Own Journalistic Standards?
ABC News Fails to Acknowledge Interviewee is Hamas Spokesperson
After the Ceasefire: Gazans Expose Hamas’ Hospital Torture Chambers — and the Media Look Away

NORTHERN THREAT

▶ October 7 Terrorist Caught Living in the U.S. After Lying His Way In
 A Palestinian man from Gaza who took part in...
▶ As the War Shifts, Hamas Turns Its Brutality Inward
 The fighting in Gaza hasn’t stopped, it’s just changing...
▶ Hamas’ October 7 Massacre: Terror Broadcast Live
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▶ The Great Bridge Route: A Journey Through Jerusalem’s Jewish Heritage
Beneath the Western Wall in Jerusalem lies the Great Bridge...
▶ 3 Times The Media Exposed Its Own Hypocrisy
 This past week, the media put its own hypocrisy...
▶ Five Years On: The Abraham Accords Amid War and Regional Upheaval
When the Abraham Accords were signed in 2020, the historic...
▶ Greta’s Selfie Yacht Returns With Another Performance To Demonize Israel
 The Gaza flotilla sailing toward the enclave has pulled...
▶ Not a Friendly Muppet: How Hamas Groomed the Next Generation of Terrorists Using Children’s TV
 While American kids grew up with shows like Barney, Sesame...
▶ Israel Didn’t Kill a Prime Minister — It Took Out a Terrorist Leader
 Recent headlines claiming that “Israel killed the prime minister...
▶ How the Dinah Project Builds the Case for October 7 Victims
On October 7, Hamas filmed its massacre of Israeli civilians—violence...
▶ October 7 Terrorist Caught Living in the U.S. After Lying His Way In
 A Palestinian man from Gaza who took part in...
▶ As the War Shifts, Hamas Turns Its Brutality Inward
 The fighting in Gaza hasn’t stopped, it’s just changing...
▶ Hamas’ October 7 Massacre: Terror Broadcast Live
  View this post on Instagram   A post shared...
▶ The Great Bridge Route: A Journey Through Jerusalem’s Jewish Heritage
Beneath the Western Wall in Jerusalem lies the Great Bridge...
▶ 3 Times The Media Exposed Its Own Hypocrisy
 This past week, the media put its own hypocrisy...
▶ Five Years On: The Abraham Accords Amid War and Regional Upheaval
When the Abraham Accords were signed in 2020, the historic...
▶ Greta’s Selfie Yacht Returns With Another Performance To Demonize Israel
 The Gaza flotilla sailing toward the enclave has pulled...
▶ Not a Friendly Muppet: How Hamas Groomed the Next Generation of Terrorists Using Children’s TV
 While American kids grew up with shows like Barney, Sesame...
▶ Israel Didn’t Kill a Prime Minister — It Took Out a Terrorist Leader
 Recent headlines claiming that “Israel killed the prime minister...
▶ How the Dinah Project Builds the Case for October 7 Victims
On October 7, Hamas filmed its massacre of Israeli civilians—violence...
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The popular media monitoring column Eye on the Media that was initiated in The Jerusalem Post by its venerated late editor David Bar-Illan more than 30 years ago was relaunched this weekend by HonestReporting executive director and executive editor Gil...
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