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Apr 7 • 25 tweets • 8 min read • Read on X
Today marks six months of war in Gaza.

We’ve compiled a thread detailing half a year of The New York Times’ complicity in Israel’s genocidal assault. Share widely!

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Through rigorous data aggregation, we found consistent patterns of bias in topic focus, sourcing and language:
The infamous “Screams without words” story, written by a former Israeli intelligence officer with no prior journalistic experience, which has been thoroughly exposed as blatant Hasbara: theintercept.com/2024/02/28/new…
The ZAKA profile, another piece of atrocity propaganda which relied on testimony from a group which had already been debunked in Israeli media: theintercept.com/2024/02/27/zak…
One example (of many) of The Times covering for Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon of war:
… and the consistent framing of mass starvation as an unavoidable tragedy, rather than a deliberate Israeli strategy designed to induce famine in Gaza:


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Grotesquely minimizing the Israeli massacre of 400 Palestinians at Jabalia refugee camp:
fair.org/home/nyt-runs-…
The Times recent attempts to save face by shifting blame to Netanyahu and away from Israel itself:
The NYT influential daily newsletter blames everyone but Israel for Israeli crimes: fair.org/home/nyts-morn…
@theintercept data aggregation which uncovered massively skewed patterns of linguistic manipulation and coverage: theintercept.com/2024/01/09/new…
One example of The Times coverage of the second Israeli assault on Al-Shifa Hospital:
The front page article which celebrated women serving in the genocidal IDF as a grand victory for feminism. Image
The Times overt preference for US-Israeli colonial control of post-war Gaza:
Some more vile headlines:


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Erasing Jewish opposition to Israel’s genocide:
fair.org/home/nyt-ignor…
The Times coverage of aid distribution massacres which deflected blame from the IDF while using dehumanizing, orientalist language:
The truly sinister article, “Lives ended in Gaza:”
The recent coverage which has re-framed the US role to cover for their complicity in Israel’s genocide:
Some of the most egregious reporting is that which The Times does not do. It’s largely ignored Israel’s unprecedented mass murder of journalists. It’s tearfully spilled gallons of ink on Israeli hostages while barely covering Israel’s mass extralegal detention of Palestinians.
The Times has also neglected to report on Israeli leaders’ frequent declarations of genocidal intent, a tendency which is both well-documented and critical to understanding Israel’s war.
Some blatant double standards:
More double standards:
This insane headline (and article), where The Times appears to blame Syria for Israel’s flagrant violation of international law:
This wildly orientalist Thomas Friedman op-ed, which describes Arabs as bugs and the US as a lion.

“Sometimes I contemplate the Middle East by watching CNN. Other times, I prefer Animal Planet.”

nytimes.com/live/2024/01/3…
We will continue to update this thread. You can find more examples in our style guide:

“This style guide is intended to demonstrate just a few of the ways that The Times’ newsroom pushes the ‘just war’ narrative and to provide tips for better coverage.”

newyorkwarcrimes.com/theres-a-word-…

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This morning, Israel assaulted Al-Shifa Hospital (again) with gunfire, quadcopters and artillery, reportedly killing and wounding dozens of Palestinian civilians.

The NYT’s reporting predictably sanitizes this Israeli war crime. 🧵 Image
The headline itself does not indicate that Israel has begun attacking the hospital — a war crime — and that they have already killed and injured many Palestinians.
In the lede, The Times writes in dry military speak, quoting Israeli officials who call the assault on a hospital a “high precision” operation in “limited areas” of the hospital. Image
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