“Demolishing Gaza”: How the New York Times Rewrites the Story on Instagram

Key Takeaways: The New York Times accused Israel of “demolishing Gaza” while omitting critical context in both the article and its Instagram post, leaving readers with a distorted picture of events. The reporting assumes Israel...
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Iran’s Invisible Dead: How Global Photo Agencies Whitewash a Massacre in Plain Sight

Key Takeaways: While tens of thousands of Iranians are being killed, injured, or disappeared during an ongoing nationwide crackdown, global wire services are distributing almost exclusively pro-government imagery from inside Iran. The same agencies that...
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Phase Two Begins: Will Hamas Uphold Its Ceasefire Commitments?

Key Takeaways: While the U.S. has announced the start of the second stage of the ceasefire, Hamas has yet to fully uphold its phase one commitments, including returning hostages and maintaining the ceasefire. The success...
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Why Are Western Media Images Appearing in a Hamas Manifesto Justifying October 7?

Key Takeaways: Hamas is literally illustrating its terror manifesto with Western media photos — Reuters, Getty, and AFP images appear throughout a Hamas propaganda document justifying October 7, lending the terror group borrowed credibility. Either...
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“Demolishing Gaza”: How the New York Times Rewrites the Story on Instagram
Iran’s Invisible Dead: How Global Photo Agencies Whitewash a Massacre in Plain Sight
Phase Two Begins: Will Hamas Uphold Its Ceasefire Commitments?
Why Are Western Media Images Appearing in a Hamas Manifesto Justifying October 7?

NORTHERN THREAT

▶ Iran’s Signals Draw Attention
U.S. officials are drawing attention to a pattern of financial...
▶ Adelaide Writers’ Festival Backtracks After Dropping a Hamas Apologist
On January 8, the Adelaide Writers’ Festival removed author Randa...
The Lie That Lit the Match: Yardena Schwartz on Hebron, Disinformation, and the Media’s Vanishing Memory
Key Takeaways: A disinformation campaign about Islamic holy sites “under...
▶ Verification for Some, Certainty for Others: A Media Double Standard
When Israel is accused of committing a massacre, headlines often...
▶ The Pictures That Defined 2025 — and the Ones the Media Left Out
End-of-year photo collections are meant to reflect the moments that...
▶ When Visibility Becomes a Target: The Attacks on Chabad Jews
The recent violent attacks on Chabad-associated Jews in Bondi Beach,...
▶ The Myth of “Palestinian Jesus”
The claim that Jesus was “Palestinian” has become a popular...
▶ From Rhetoric to Violence: Antisemitic Attacks Are Escalating
The violence against Jews is not slowing down. It is...
▶ Let’s Get Honest: A Conversation with Australian Presenter Erin Molan
In the wake of the recent antisemitic terror attacks in...
▶ Why Hanukkah is a Zionist Holiday
Attempts to strip Hanukkah of its connection to Zionism don’t...
▶ Iran’s Signals Draw Attention
U.S. officials are drawing attention to a pattern of financial...
▶ Adelaide Writers’ Festival Backtracks After Dropping a Hamas Apologist
On January 8, the Adelaide Writers’ Festival removed author Randa...
The Lie That Lit the Match: Yardena Schwartz on Hebron, Disinformation, and the Media’s Vanishing Memory
Key Takeaways: A disinformation campaign about Islamic holy sites “under...
▶ Verification for Some, Certainty for Others: A Media Double Standard
When Israel is accused of committing a massacre, headlines often...
▶ The Pictures That Defined 2025 — and the Ones the Media Left Out
End-of-year photo collections are meant to reflect the moments that...
▶ When Visibility Becomes a Target: The Attacks on Chabad Jews
The recent violent attacks on Chabad-associated Jews in Bondi Beach,...
▶ The Myth of “Palestinian Jesus”
The claim that Jesus was “Palestinian” has become a popular...
▶ From Rhetoric to Violence: Antisemitic Attacks Are Escalating
The violence against Jews is not slowing down. It is...
▶ Let’s Get Honest: A Conversation with Australian Presenter Erin Molan
In the wake of the recent antisemitic terror attacks in...
▶ Why Hanukkah is a Zionist Holiday
Attempts to strip Hanukkah of its connection to Zionism don’t...
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HonestReporting to Keep ‘Eye on Media’ in Classic Jerusalem Post Column
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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