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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Washington Post Relies on Hamas Authorities to Spew False Claims of Famine
Despite warnings throughout the war, a famine has not been declared in Gaza. That hasn’t, however, stopped @washingtonpost from claiming that Israel has caused “mass starvation.”
And those “Palestinian health authorities” that the WaPo relies on?
Hamas. pic.twitter.com/ELhjLTSoyY
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) January 29, 2025
Contact the Washington Post: [email protected]
BBC Claims Israel Has Occupied Gaza Since 1967… But It Withdrew in 2005
Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip in 2005 and IDF forces are only there now as a result of a war that Hamas started.
But @BBCNews has no problem erasing history. pic.twitter.com/sLjSvKMcUY
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) January 29, 2025
Follow the BBC’s complaints procedure: https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/complaints/make-a-complaint/#/Complaint
NBC Forgets to State Local Officials Are Hamas
Not only does @NBCNews state disputed casualty statistics but also won’t say that the “local officials” who supplied them are… Hamas. pic.twitter.com/Wm89myAKBS
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) January 29, 2025
Contact: [email protected]
WSJ Says “Many” Palestinian Prisoners Being Released Are Detainees
Wrong, @WSJ.
Rather than “many,” only 17% of the Palestinian prisoners due for release under the deal are detainees while 83% have been charged and sentenced. https://t.co/1RDnDW03fL pic.twitter.com/2X9eCUsIeM
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) January 28, 2025
Contact: [email protected]
AFP Inflames IDF Statement
Israel actually said it had eliminated over 15 terrorists.@AFP, your headline is both misleading and inflammatory. pic.twitter.com/vs9ug3C90F
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) January 28, 2025
Contact Editorial at AFP: https://www.afp.com/en/contact
Washington Post Won’t Clarify Samidoun’s PFLP Connection
❌ Pathetic: Still referring to the PFLP as a “small leftist armed group,” @washingtonpost issues a “clarification” after being called out for not stating Samidoun’s status as a PFLP front.
But the WaPo still won’t state what the PFLP really is: a proscribed terrorist org. https://t.co/4yImDZnbfw pic.twitter.com/LMqgtbnUj0
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) January 28, 2025
Contact the Washington Post: [email protected]
Sky News Omits Hezbollah Flags
According to @SkyNews, these residents of southern Lebanon are just trying to return home.
No mention of the many Hezbollah & Amal flags in the crowd.
Are these innocent civilians or members of terror orgs returning to locations they were supposed to have left?
Sky won’t say. https://t.co/v1yjXdsKF6 pic.twitter.com/RdOqcEanvT
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) January 27, 2025
Contact: [email protected]
The Times of London Says Israel’s Self-Defense is a “Cycle of Violence”
Palestinian terrorists attack Israelis. Israel exercises its right to self-defense.
It’s not a “cycle of violence,” @thetimes, because there should not be a moral equivalence between Palestinian terrorism and Israeli responses. pic.twitter.com/rbbLSQhnRk
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) January 26, 2025
Contact The Times at [email protected]
The Guardian Sanitizes Terrorist as Being Convicted of “Anti-Israel Operations”
Mohammed al-Tous was convicted for a 1985 terror attack.
Trust @guardian to sanitize a terrorist by referring to al-Tous being imprisoned for “anti-Israel operations.” pic.twitter.com/zH2auSdOTW
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) January 26, 2025
Contact The Guardian readers’ editor: [email protected]
New York Times Says Jenin is a “Resistance Hub”
A “Resistance Hub.”
That’s what @nytimes calls a city from where some of this century’s most notorious Palestinian terrorists have emerged.
Note to The New York Times: Carrying out terror attacks to murder innocent Israeli civilians is not “resistance.” pic.twitter.com/hnjtwhuHOm
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) January 23, 2025
Contact the New York Times newsroom.
New York Times Says Israel Targets City, Not Terrorists
Israel isn’t “targeting Jenin,” @nytimes. It’s targeting the terrorists who have turned the city into a terror hub.
So instead of referring to “resistance and militant activity,” how about calling it what it really is: terrorism. pic.twitter.com/tVy0jkVDBk
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) January 23, 2025
Contact the New York Times newsroom.
NPR Blames Israel for Endangering Turtles
Hezbollah launched a war against Israel that ignited wildfires consuming over 2,500 acres in northern Israel, ravaging local wildlife and the environment.
But for @NPR, Israel is not only the aggressor but also the killer of endangered sea turtles in Lebanon. pic.twitter.com/jycPfIdGQ6
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) January 23, 2025
Contact NPR Public Editor: https://help.npr.org/contact/s/contact?request=Ask-the-Public-Editor-about-ethics
BBC Can’t State October 7th Terrorism as Fact
“Israeli officials said.”
Why can’t @BBCNews simply state what happened on October 7, 2023, as fact? pic.twitter.com/JXXb8pci3Q
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) January 22, 2025
Follow the BBC’s complaints procedure: https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/complaints/make-a-complaint/#/Complaint
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