Middle East
MSNBC's Talking Points Crumble as Guest Decries Israel's Existence
Professor, activist, and so-called human rights attorney Noura Erakat was welcomed to Katy Tur Reports on Thursday afternoon to accuse the Israelis of war crimes, lament the nation’s existence, “the siege of 16 years” as if just randomly happened, and anti-BDS laws because MSNBC suddenly finds the urge to go all in on both-sideism.
Pivot! Nets Begin to Turn on Israel Over ‘Apocalyptic Scenes in Gaza’
To the shock of absolutely no one who’s paid attention to liberal media bias for even a few years, the liberal media started to make their pivot Thursday morning against Israel following Saturday’s mass terror and slaughter by Hamas terrorists and toward sympathizing with Palestinians as Israeli forces begin carrying out a heavy response. So, bring on the sob stories and false equivalencies!…
‘You Should Be Ashamed’!; NYP’s Nelson UNLOADS on KJP for Ignoring Him
The tail end of Wednesday’s White House press briefing was marked by a contentious moment when the White House’s ever-inept Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused to call on the New York Post’s Steven Nelson despite having skipped over him for nearly five months and his paper since July 7.
‘More Divisions’; ABC Reporter Lobbies Israel AGAINST Assault on Hamas
A longtime foreign correspondent with BBC prior to joining ABC, chief foreign correspondent Ian Pannell sought to peddle pro-Palestinian/pro-Hamas propaganda on Wednesday’s Good Morning America as he sought to elicit sympathy for the side of terrorists and warn Israel of there being “a real danger” of forcefully responding to Saturday’s Hamas terror attacks. And what would that be?…
Fact-Checkers Throttle Posts Claiming Iran Chanted 'Death to America'
If the fact-checking industry is going to insist that it should be able to throttle social media posts, at the very least, it should fact-check the claims the post is actually making and not straw men because Instagram posts have been deemed misinformation after PolitiFact and the USA Today accused the posters of attributing a 2020 “Death to America” chant in the Iranian parliament to…
These WH Journos Got Bent Out of Shape Worried About Gaza, Supporters
Tuesday’s White House press briefing was largely clear-eyed about the horrors caused Friday by Hamas terrorists in Israel with over a dozen Americans dead and nearly two dozen unaccounted for. There were some tough questions from usual corners, but also some predictably pro-Hamas questions standing up for the plight of modern-day Nazis.
MSNBC Asks How Israel Can Make Peace, Praises End of Judiciary Reforms
MSNBC’s Katy Tur and Senior Fellow of American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Arthur David Miller got their priorities backwards as they wondered on Tuesday how a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians can happen “with the current makeup of the Israeli government.”
WATCH: With Kids in Israel, CBS Host Shares Emotions on Hamas Attack
On Monday’s CBS Mornings, the A-block ended with co-host Tony Dokoupil showing anger, emotion, and exhaustion at Hamas’s reign of terror attacks Saturday slaughtering hundreds of innocent Israelis as, for those unaware, two of Dokoupil’s four children live in Israel with his ex-wife (and the other two in U.S. with him alongside current wife, MSNBC anchor Katy Tur).
CBS Hypes Hamas's 'Sheer Determination,' Leader's 'Personal' Revenge
For the Tuesday edition of CBS Mornings, foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab did a profile on Hamas and while acknowledging the organization seeks to eliminate Israel, hailed their “sheer determination,” as if they were a scrappy football team, and its leader's “personal” revenge against Israel.’
Amanpour Shocked Palestinian Doesn't Feel Threatened By Hamas
Christiane Amanpour took a day off from her “truthful, not neutral” campaign on Saturday’s CNN Newsroom when she interviewed Palestinian National Initiative leader Mustafa Barghouti about the massive Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel. Not only did Barghouti naturally spew his propaganda, but he also surprised Amanpour, who apparently lives in such a thick bubble, was surprised when he…
NBC Breaks Out 'Extreme Right' Label as Israel Works to Save Hostages
NBC’s Raf Sanchez picked the worst possible time to break out the “extreme right” labeling as he reported from Israel on Saturday’s Today in the aftermath of the massive Hamas terrorist attacks and the possibility that the “extreme right” Israeli government may decide to invade Gaza to rescue the hostages there.
Mitchell Blames Terrorist Attack On Israelis, Saudis Ignoring Biden
During the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks on Israel that left over 100 dead, 900 injured, and resulted in several hostages, MSNBC naturally asked on Saturday how this could have happened. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell joined the breaking news coverage via phone to claim that a big reason why was that the Israelis and the Saudis would not listen to President…
How Often Did Media Promote Pundits From Iran's 'Expert Initiative'?
Jay Solomon over at Semafor is out with a piece that details how the Iranian Foreign Ministry worked closely with a bunch of American and European academics to help sell the Iran nuclear deal back in 2014 by repeating Tehran’s lines. Members of the group, dubbed the Iran Experts Initiative, were frequent sources for media outlets before and after the deal was signed in 2015.
'This is Iranian Money,' CNN Attacks 'The Right' For Condemning Bribe
Chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour joined Tuesday’s CNN This Morning to celebrate her 40 years at the network as well as to discuss current foreign policy issues including the Biden Administration’s $6 billion hostage bribe to Iran, which for her and co-host Poppy Harlow is no big deal because it “is Iranian money” and shows conservatives are hypocrites.