[quote] Media on the left that is consistently anti-Israel “controlled” the narrative. If they had treated the story as they would a Trump claim, they would have reported that Palestinians “claimed, without evidence,” that Israel was responsible. They could have also stated from the beginning, truthfully, that “it is not yet known what the source of the explosion was.” Instead they led with the claim and then mildly followed it with “according to Gazan authorities”.
Mediaite founder and NewsNation anchor Dan Abrams blasted the media for credulously reporting on Hamas blaming Israel for an explosion at a hospital in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, characterizing it as a “disturbing rush to judgment.”
“Initial reports from Hamas — from Hamas! — put the death toll at 500 people, which would make it one of the deadliest air strikes in a decade and a half,” noted Abrams.
“But as news of the explosion broke, there was a disturbing rush to judgment by mainstream news outlets, including the AP, New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, all immediately taking a statement by the Hamas, terrorist-run health ministry in the Gaza Strip, putting the blame squarely on an Israeli airstrike,” he continued before playing clips of the media’s instant reaction to the explosion.
“They’re all treating the health ministry as if it’s like a legitimate source! This is Hamas,” exclaimed Abrams after rolling the tape. “The headlines from major media outlets repeating the report that hundreds were killed by Israel. Look, it never quite made sense that Israel, as it pauses its incursion into Gaza to make sure it has international support, would strike a hospital of all places.”
“You had Jake Tapper saying ‘the government in Gaza.’ Well, he could have also said the Hamas terrorist organization, which just committed the largest one day slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust, claims without evidence an Israeli airstrike took out this hospital, took out this hospital in the hours before President Biden arrives in Israel. It didn’t make sense, but no journalist wanted to say that,” submitted Vittert.
