A series of tweets from various users and outlets have highlighted concerns about media misrepresentation of Israeli officials' statements regarding the conflict with Palestine and Hamas. Criticism has been directed towards former British Prime Minister David Cameron for spreading 'myths and lies' about Israel and Palestine, with media outlets failing to correct the misinformation. Accusations of genocidal intent by Israel's war cabinet have been called into question, with journalists and jurists allegedly citing inauthentic, mistranslated, and truncated quotes from figures such as Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The New York Times, NPR, and the BBC, among others, have been implicated in the dissemination of these misquotes, which have even reached the International Court of Justice. Concerns were also raised about the journalistic standards taught at institutions like Columbia Journalism School. The issue was brought to light in an article by Yair Rosenberg, which discusses the cascade of media failures leading to the spread of these inaccuracies.
Journalists and jurists point to damning quotes from Israel’s war cabinet as evidence of genocidal intent, @Yair_Rosenberg writes. But the citations are not what they seem. https://t.co/qO290xnp5s
Excellent piece by @Yair_Rosenberg here on the raft of misreporting of Israeli officials' statements and the way the misquotes have been used to falsely portray the govt as genocidal or bloodthirsty https://t.co/UCt4V0Lbow
New York Times, NPR and Others Left Out That Israeli Official Was Talking About Hamas, Not Gaza: https://t.co/uNG3idUo2B
The problem for Israel's critics in the press is that Israel's actions are not consistent with genocidal intent. So to justify the accusation, they use a bunch of false and misleading quotes. One clear example is they will cite Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stating "We…
I wrote about how a cascade of media failures led to a bunch of inauthentic, mistranslated, and truncated quotes from Israeli officials about Gaza being cited everywhere from the New York Times, NPR, and the BBC, to the International Court of Justice. https://t.co/A221QGgIV6
My latest: I wrote about how a cascade of media failures led to a bunch of inauthentic, mistranslated, and truncated quotes from Israeli officials about Gaza being cited everywhere from the New York Times to NPR and the BBC. https://t.co/A221QGgIV6
How incomplete subtitles on a short video led to endless misquoting in the press (and in Congress) of Yoav Gallant’s statement about Hamas — and now a submission in a genocide tribunal. https://t.co/bmE3YEkYtz
Journalists and jurists point to damning quotes from Israel’s war cabinet as evidence of genocidal intent, @Yair_Rosenberg writes. But the citations are not what they seem. https://t.co/09rzARx7zv
Virtually every paragraph of this story contains framing and word choices slanted against Israel. Too many to summarize in a tweet, but it’s clear the editors don’t care. What do they teach at Columbia Journalism School these days, I’m afraid to ask? https://t.co/dExGl0MoQR
David Cameron spread myths and lies about Israel and Palestine. There was no meaningful attempt to correct him. We are being so badly served by our media in this country. https://t.co/j03jO5y4ie
It's one thing for David Cameron to talk outrageous nonsense about Israel and Palestine. It's another thing for the media to completely fail to do its job - and let these myths and lies spread. https://t.co/RRovpTixW6