.@SunTimesIreland op-ed attacks Israel over #Eurovision2019 suggesting that the Irish broadcaster "should bring back news reports from the occupied territories" yet falsely claims that journalists would be restricted by Israeli authorities. What nonsense. thetimes.co.uk/article/boycot…
There are no restrictions on movement for foreign journalists entering the West Bank. Foreign journalists can enter Gaza via the Erez Crossing dependent on Hamas permission on the other side. How do you think so much footage comes out? It's thanks to Israeli press freedom.
In addition, Irish journalists will find that the only restrictions on their reporting are from the Palestinian side which arrests their own journalists and intimidates others to try to ensure negative stories about Hamas and PA behavior never see the light of day.
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HonestReporting is being accused of being reckless and making baseless claims. So, we decided to lay out the timeline of events for you to decide...
HonestReporting identified Yousef Masoud as one of the photographers taking pictures early on the morning of October 7.
In that same expose, we explained that on October 7, Masoud was working for AP.
The New York Times wrote a story the following day explaining that Masoud "was woken at home in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, by the sound of rocket fire, shortly after 5:30 a.m. on Saturday morning."
HonestReporting asked how he could have been woken by rocket fire at 5:30 a.m. when rockets did not start until 6:30 a.m.
Two days later, the New York Times issued a correction changing the time he was awoken to 6:30 a.m.
In that same article, they explain that his first photograph was taken more than 90 minutes after the attack began.
Yet the AP image database shows metadata confirming that the photo he took of Gazans standing atop a tank east of the security fence was created at 6:41 a.m. (13 minutes after the attack began).
In February 2024, the New York Times wrote a public letter to Itay Milner (the Spokesperson and Consul for Media Affairs at the Israeli Consulate in New York) falsely claiming that we said Masoud "began shooting pictures at 5:30 a.m."
They also explained that "Masoud, we know from the photographic evidence, began shooting photographs after 6:30 a.m. - from his home's rooftop with the fighting visible in the distance..." Yet, within 11 minutes he was photographing Gazans atop a tank in Israel.
Our original article led to subsequent investigations that credibly linked some photojournalists to terrorist organizations.
Given all of these discrepancies , it is entirely reasonable for HonestReporting to be raising these questions and holding Mr. Masoud, the @AP, and the @nytimes publicly accountable.
🧵for the receipts...
This was the original expose that HonestReporting published on Nov. 8.