Yardena Schwartz
The sheer laziness and contempt for the rules of journalism by so many news organizations throughout this war has been truly shocking. Have they learned nothing? So many of these claims have been debunked almost immediately after they are made, when the facts emerge. Yet still, organizations like @democracynow continue to report baseless claims as fact. Remember that claim just 2 weeks ago that 14,000 babies would soon die? Now it’s 60,000. Remember how even the data from Gaza’s own health ministry (run by Hamas) showed that the majority of the casualties in Gaza have been military-aged men, not women and children, as Hamas originally claimed? Not only have so many once-respected news organizations failed to report that fact. They also refuse to explain that nearly half the dead in Gaza have been combatants. It’s hard to blame people living faraway from this conflict for believing the lies of Hamas when the news organizations they look to for clarity are parroting Hamas propaganda.
Democracy Now!
Outrage is growing over the U.S.-Israeli aid scheme in Gaza after Israeli forces massacred starving Palestinians waiting for aid, according to health officials and witnesses. Eyad Amawi, who coordinates local NGOs in Gaza, warns that 60,000 children may die soon under current conditions.