AG Report 4.30.2024
Washington Post Lies to Cover for Antisemitism
Since the 10/7 attack, I’ve cited numerous examples of why The Washington Post is a transcription service for Hamas. At times, they’ve even gone beyond that. This past week, the Post published what was essentially a hit piece on the @StopAntisemitism X account. The article claims that the account had upended the lives of hundreds of regular people by flagging their criticism of Israel’s action in Gaza. In reality, the examples they highlighted are nothing of the sort.
The two main examples highlighted in the article include one person expressing solidarity with Hamas and another who removed hostage posters while promoting a false conspiracy claiming that Israel kidnapped their own citizens. Neither of these things even remotely fits the description of criticizing Israel for their actions in Gaza. But of course, it would be hard to paint a sympathetic narrative if the Post was honest in their description of what they were defending.
It’s one thing to disagree with the StopAntisemitism account’s approach of highlighting bad public speech. It’s quite another to suggest that speech just amounts to criticism of a country. By intentionally conflating support for terrorism and antisemitic conspiracies with criticism of Israel, the Post is seeking to normalize the former. To further emphasize this wasn’t just one bad article or reporter, it’s worth pointing out that the Post engaged in almost the same conflation in a similar piece painting those who express open antisemitism as victims several months earlier.
At some point, it becomes obvious that the Washington Post has been completely corrupted by those seeking to normalize hate and can no longer be treated as serious or reliable.
NBC Misleads on Basketball Gender Pay Disparity
News organizations should provide audiences with facts and context. Instead, many omit, distort, or botch key facts to sell specific narratives. When Caitlin Clark’s rookie contract salary was released last week, many activists suggested that WNBA draft picks were being underpaid. Instead of providing context, NBC News simply parroted those claims while emphasizing that Clark would only earn $338,056 for her rookie contract, while the first overall pick in the NBA draft would earn around $55 million. While that seems like a large disparity, consider the context: