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   “Never Mind!” The Axis Media Spreads Hamas Anti-Israel Propaganda, and   
   There Are No Consequences   
   June 4, 2025 / Jack Marshall   
      
      
   The Washington Post last night retracted its story misrepresenting an   
   incident in Gaza. The Post, like most of the news media, falsely claimed   
   that Israel killed 30 Gazan civilians who were just trying to get some   
   food (you know, the “Aww, poor Palestinians, still being persecuted by   
   those evil Jews!” narrative).   
      
   The Post’s statement was posted on X rather than on its website, and   
   announced that the paper had “deleted the post below because it and   
   early versions of the article didn’t meet Post fairness standards.”   
   That’s another lie, as it is pure deceit. The story had to be deleted   
   because it was false and should not have been published in the first   
   place. Yes, false news stories are unfair, but that’s a secondary problem.   
      
   Palestinian Arab sources had spread the claim that an Israeli strike   
   near a humanitarian aid distribution center resulted in at least 30   
   deaths and numerous injuries. The international media outlets didn’t   
   consider the source, and leaped to the conclusion that Israel was   
   committing war crimes.   
      
   Later that same day, the IDF released the findings of its initial   
   investigation into the incident. These findings indicated that the IDF   
   did not fire at civilians while they were near or within the   
   humanitarian aid distribution site, and that the reports being   
   circulated as fact by media outlets were false. Yet even after the story   
   had been discredited, CNN and MSNBC (among others) continued to stick   
   with the original. anti-Israel spin. I saw this in real time: a Fox News   
   guest told viewers that the report had been debunked, and at exactly the   
   same time, the two Axis networks were repeating the original account.   
      
   The IDF again called on the media to be cautious with information   
   published by the Hamas terrorist organization. Gee, ya think? But they   
   aren’t careful and don’t want to be careful. They want to back the   
   Democratic Party’s position that Israel is the villain for reacting to   
   an unprovoked terrorist attack exactly as the United Sates would (and   
   has): by crushing the attacker and ensuring that the actions could never   
   be repeated.   
      
   Saying “Oopsie! Never mind!” does not undo the damage caused by the   
   original false reporting. That the Post and other media outlets would   
   accept without confirmation a Hamas narrative shows where their   
   confirmation bias lies, and why they are no longer trustworthy.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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