the scandal over the New York Times' "mass rape" hoax, self-admittedly fabricated by Jeffrey Gettleman, Adam Sella and Anat Schwartz "because it is important for Israeli hasbara [propaganda]", is spreading to mainstream media. NPR has just done a report on it
the piece notes that the New York Times Guild, representing nearly 1500 journalists, filed a formal grievance against the paper for its depraved racist witch-hunt of reporters who helped expose the hoax. This as they continue to let Adam Sella launder the hoax on their front-page
the depraved racist witch-hunt against reporters with basic journalistic integrity was ordered by NYT Executive Editor Joe Kahn, and has shocked even veteran New York Times reporters. This is deranged. Instead of punishing the hoaxers, they're punishing those who helped expose it
also @davidfolkenflik while the Intercept did do a deeper dive on Anat Schwartz in their great piece on it, I was the one who initially exposed her genocidal social media activity which goes way beyond just a few likes and also crucially involves her partner's nephew Adam Sella
@davidfolkenflik as I emphasize in my original thread, it's not just about a few likes by Anat Schwartz. The hoax had already been exposed months before by outlets like Mondoweiss, Electronic Intifada, Grayzone, and people like myself. This merely focused attention on it
the claim that it's just about a few likes is absurd, and just parrots the pathetic damage-control attempt by NYT leadership and Joe Kahn as they conduct their racist witch-hunt while letting exposed hoaxers like Adam Sella keep writing on their front page
to be clear Adam Sella and Anat Schwartz, the New York Times' lead assigned "on the ground reporters" on their "mass rape" hoax, literally said that they set out to do it "because it is important for Israeli hasbara [propaganda]." That's fucking insane
meanwhile the New York Times' Executive Editor Joe Kahn is allowing Adam Sella to launder his own hoax by lying about Pramila Padden's UN report, which actually debunks it. This is the real scandal, and this is why they're conducing a deranged witch-hunt
they're just letting the guy who teamed up with his avowed genocidal racist uncle's partner Anat Schwartz, both zero reporting experience and the latter also having served in Israeli military intelligence, to launder his own hoax on their front page
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