HonestReporting has been working around the clock to identify and respond to the worst media bias since the appalling events of October 7 and the subsequent launch of Israeli military action against Hamas.
You can already see many of the posts that we’ve published on our website but here’s a roundup of just some of the issues and media outlets that we’ve flagged on social media over the past several days that didn’t make it into full articles.
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TAKE ACTION NOW: You can make a difference. We’ve included contact details on many of the examples of media bias below. Please send your considered comments to the media and hold them accountable.
CNN Implies Israel Bombing Gaza Hospitals
No, @CNN, hospitals in Gaza are not "under constant barrage from Israeli airstrikes."
Even when Hamas abuses medical facilities by turning them into military facilities, Israel never targets hospitals. PERIOD.https://t.co/NGOKXRnzwH pic.twitter.com/Fz0b8NvSus
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) October 16, 2023
(Note: CNN has removed its online feedback form, thereby denying its audience an easy way to contact the network. CNN can still be contacted at the following number: 1-404-827-1500)
Al Jazeera Co-opts Fig Leaf for Antisemitism
This "rabbi" belongs to the fringe Neturai Karta sect whose membership is 0.03% of the global Jewish population.
This "rabbi" attended the 2006 Holocaust Denial Convention in Tehran.
He's an extremist and a fig leaf for antisemites, which is why @AJEnglish loves him so much. https://t.co/LUteoDvgPc
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) October 16, 2023
LA Times and Washington Post Op-Eds Abuse the Memory of the Holocaust
DESPICABLE: Given Hamas is responsible for carrying out the single biggest loss of Jewish life in one day since the Holocaust, @latimes should question how it published an opinion piece implying Israelis are hellbent on carrying out a holocaust against the Palestinians. https://t.co/vMP3sIEul3 pic.twitter.com/q3AIIXYruC
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) October 15, 2023
Contact LA Times Readers Representative: https://form.jotform.com/93047569731162
The Nazis trapped millions of Jews & transported them to their deaths.
Israel is helping Palestinians escape while rooting out Hamas evil that’s ACTUALLY perpetrating atrocities based on identity.
How dare @washingtonpost allow @KarenAttiah's antisemitism to infect its pages. https://t.co/biLeEPboRT pic.twitter.com/IBZ7F3kJ1d
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) October 14, 2023
Contact the Washington Post Readers Representative: [email protected]
Washington Post Misrepresents Gaza ‘Refugees’
Please, @washingtonpost, explain if nearly half of Gaza's population is under 18, how they were old enough to flee or be forced from their homes in 1948.
Note: while 70% of Gaza's population are considered refugees, the majority never experienced displacement.… pic.twitter.com/Sc7pnEheNf
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) October 15, 2023
Contact the Washington Post Readers Representative: [email protected]
CNN’s ‘Tit-For-Tat’ With Lebanon
A "tit for tat exchange of fire"?
No, @CNN, this is not "tit for tat." Hezbollah has attacked Israel multiple times over the past week and Israel has responded.
Stop making a moral equivalence between the actions of terrorists and Israel defending its citizens.… pic.twitter.com/5qJf8oJ55b
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) October 14, 2023
(Note: CNN has removed its online feedback form, thereby denying its audience an easy way to contact the network. CNN can still be contacted at the following number: 1-404-827-1500)
New York Times Turns Hezbollah Into the Victim
Hezbollah launched multiple attacks over Israel's northern border.
Israel responded.
But @nytimes parrots Hezbollah talking points, making it seem that the terror org's actions were a response to Israeli attacks.
For the NYTimes, it always starts when Israel fires back.… pic.twitter.com/AuTyJCGm9y
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) October 14, 2023
Contact: [email protected]
Sky News Discovers Terrorism But Won’t Say the Word
If the documents suggest Hamas “planned to target civilian populations and take hostages,” isn’t this clear cut definition of terrorism?
So why, @SkyNews, are you calling Hamas “militants?” https://t.co/5dZ1gWa4sS pic.twitter.com/y14L6HSeM7
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) October 13, 2023
Contact: [email protected]
CNN Interviews Anti-Israel Israeli Gideon Levy
"Israel is going to commit a massive war crime," says Haaretz journalist Gideon Levy live on @CNN.
Levy is infamous for his anti-Israel rhetoric & opinions.
Why does CNN consider him to be a representative interviewee for Israeli opinion and analysis?https://t.co/II7MvozxHp pic.twitter.com/LDGQkJvVXx
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) October 13, 2023
(Note: CNN has removed its online feedback form, thereby denying its audience an easy way to contact the network. CNN can still be contacted at the following number: 1-404-827-1500)
Reuters Sanitizes the PA President
Fatah, the party of Mahmoud Abbas, has joined Hamas in calling for a "Day of Rage" Friday, causing fear & anxiety for Jews around the world.@reuters, give your readers the proper context & stop sanitizing the Palestinian president.https://t.co/OyZG5EGcfS pic.twitter.com/jhNYICSQhl
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) October 13, 2023
Contact: https://www.reuters.com/info-pages/contact-us/
Washington Post Whitewashes Antisemitism
We’re curious as to what @TimBella and @washingtonpost think constitutes “criticism of Israel” here.
Was it the pro-Hitler sign or the message telling Jews to burn in hell? https://t.co/Hn3wjPhLqM pic.twitter.com/uhf05kKyY6
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) October 13, 2023
Contact the Washington Post Readers Representative: [email protected]
Sky News Mislabels Hamas
"A militant faction of Palestinian political group Hamas."
Seriously, @SkyNews?!
Hamas is a terrorist organization. Period.
This isn't breaking news. It's broken news.https://t.co/iDk4JHeCkv pic.twitter.com/kHCEAGzmbL
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) October 12, 2023
Contact: [email protected]
Gaza Journalist Turns Every Israeli Into a ‘Settler’
Note to @latimes readers: when this Gaza journalist refers to "settlers" & "settlements," she means every place & person in Israel.
Let's be clear: the attacked "settlements surrounding the strip" were communities located in undisputed sovereign Israel.https://t.co/nxItxlgC0l pic.twitter.com/XdjRMu8dnf
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) October 12, 2023
Contact LA Times Readers Representative: https://form.jotform.com/93047569731162
Washington Post’s ‘Death Trap’ Antisemitism
The Nazis trapped millions of Jews & transported them to their deaths.
Israel is helping Palestinians escape while rooting out Hamas evil that’s ACTUALLY perpetrating atrocities based on identity.
How dare @washingtonpost allow @KarenAttiah's antisemitism to infect its pages. https://t.co/biLeEPboRT pic.twitter.com/IBZ7F3kJ1d
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) October 14, 2023
Contact the Washington Post Readers Representative: [email protected]
Huffington Post Calls Gaza ‘Occupied’
No, @HuffPost.
🔴 Gaza is not "occupied Palestinian territory" – Israel withdrew in 2005.
🔴 The stated goal of IDF operations is not to "exact revenge" but to defend Israel's citizens from and to neutralize the vicious Hamas terrorist organization.https://t.co/D2ZHnO97MU pic.twitter.com/81nNt3zkrq— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) October 11, 2023
Contact: [email protected]
CNBC Gets Hamas Wrong
No, @CNBC, Hamas is not "dedicated to the establishment of an independent Islamic state in historical Palestine" – it's committed to the violent destruction of Israel & its Jewish population.
And what exactly is "historical Palestine?"
Stop misleading your audience.… pic.twitter.com/E9Rc4XWWtS
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) October 11, 2023
Contact: https://cnbc.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=360000260093
CNN’s Vengeful Report
"Israel's wrath is now unleashed on Gaza."
"2 million Palestinians are now in the crosshairs of an enemy bent on revenge."
No, @bencnn, the IDF is targeting Hamas, not 2m Palestinians, & the IDF is operating to defend Israelis, not to take revenge. @CNNhttps://t.co/ORharGq1c8 pic.twitter.com/QtFxuAwOtd
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) October 10, 2023
(Note: CNN has removed its online feedback form, thereby denying its audience an easy way to contact the network. CNN can still be contacted at the following number: 1-404-827-1500)
BBC’s Ignorant History
Does @BBCNews' Jon Donnison not know the history of the region he's reporting from?
No, this land was not "historic Palestine." Before Israel, it was the British Mandate for Palestine – an area that also includes Jordan. Are they claiming that land too or just the Jewish state?!… pic.twitter.com/kBsSveH3NI
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) October 10, 2023
Follow the BBC’s complaints procedure: https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/complaints/make-a-complaint/#/Complaint
AP’s Faulty Math
Failing to differentiate between Israelis & Palestinians, civilians or terrorists, @AP says: "The war…has already claimed at least 1,600 lives."
The same story also says: "The bodies of roughly 1,500 Hamas militants, meanwhile, were found on Israeli territory, the military… https://t.co/CDw7Co1bkP
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) October 10, 2023
Contact: [email protected]
NPR Won’t Tell Listeners Who’s Running the Gaza Health Ministry
.@NPR interviews "a doctor on the ground" who is referred to as Gaza's Health Ministry director general.
The Hamas-run Health Ministry.
But NPR won't tell you that.https://t.co/rqu1aqcvPd pic.twitter.com/lXFciyxqiz
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) October 10, 2023
Contact: https://help.npr.org/contact/s/contact?request=Submit-a-correction
New York Times Promotes the False ‘Cycle of Violence’
Even when ostensibly expressing support for Israel, the @nytimes editorial board still can't take the blinkers off.
This is not a "cycle of violence" and the moral equivalence that this term implies.
There is no equal blame here. Hamas is attacking and Israel is responding. https://t.co/lxOe7nJy9E pic.twitter.com/NhwohoVPlA
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) October 10, 2023
Contact: [email protected]
Sky News Calls Hamas a ‘Political Organization’
We managed to get a number of things changed in the @SkyNews piece that we flagged in this thread.
But it's not enough. Sky has decided to carry on calling Hamas a "political organization."
Retweet us or email [email protected] to complain. https://t.co/tKLuA2Jg2b
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) October 9, 2023
Contact: [email protected]
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