Thursday, November 9, 2023

WaPo Columnist Explains Why Photojournalist Might Be Carrying a Grenade

 If you wonder at the ignorance of the young generation now so badly educated and misinformed, look no further than the media and their choice of information to spoonfeed us. 

CauseACTION  "It’s becoming pretty clear that CNN, the AP, and the New York Times had freelance photojournalists embedded with Hamas on October 7. We have one who posted a selfie of himself being kissed on the cheek by the leader of Hamas. And we also have a video reportedly showing one of the freelancers riding on the back of a motorcycle and holding a grenade.

"Washington Post columnist Megan McArdle thinks she can explain the grenade.

"I understand Israel’s anger, but it is morally wrong and a political mistake to target journalists who rushed to cover a story. Possibly some of them are complicit, I don’t know. But Israel should give them the benefit of the doubt. https://t.co/9fPdOng8Hk

 Good grief! They are in our congress, our faculties, and in our press!

 CNN Fires Gaza-Based Photojournalist Discovered to Be Embedded With Hamas (msn.com)   "We had no prior knowledge of the Oct. 7 attacks. Hassan Eslaiah, a freelance journalist who has worked with a number of international and Israeli outlets, was not working for the network on Oct. 7. As of today, we have severed all ties with him," the statement read.

"The decision came following a report from the pro-Israel watchdog group Honest Reporting that named several Gaza-based photojournalists working for major news media companies including CNN, The New York Times, the Associated Press and Reuters and raised "ethical questions" regarding their proximity and relation to Hamas.

"Of Eslaiah, Honest Reporting wrote that he "crossed into Israel, took photos of a burning Israeli tank and then captured infiltrators entering Kibbutz Kfar Azza." The group also said that it "obtained screenshots of Eslaiah's now-removed tweets on X in which he documented himself standing in front of the Israeli tank. He did not wear a press vest or a helmet, and the Arabic caption of his tweet read: 'Live from inside the Gaza Strip settlements.'"

"Additionally, an undated photo of Eslaiah posing in an embrace with Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar (pictured above) resurfaced Wednesday, further raising concerns over the photographer's relationship with the organization. Sinwar masterminded the Hamas attacks that killed 1,400 Israelis last month."

MSNBC, Joy Reid, Ali Velshi; they should all make him welcome, being yokefellows.


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