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Eitan Fischberger Profile picture
@EFischberger
Sep 6, 2024 • 9 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
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Last, but certainly not least in our series of @NPR journalists covering the Israel-Hamas War, is Abu Bakr Bashir.

His Facebook account shows him to be quite the jokester. But not all of the jokes land — like this one🧵 Image
Translation of the above ⬆️

"He tricked him by saying: I will sell you the car for 100,000, with a down payment of 50,000, and monthly payments of 10,000. The buyer agreed, happy to have made a good deal, and when he was leaving, the seller said: And 500 for D."
Yes, it's his profile.
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Bashir also says that Israeli soldiers don't deserve to live:

"15 martyrs and more than 1500 wounded. Among them, not a single Israeli soldier or a son of a Palestinian official! Those who do not deserve to die are dying, so that those who do not deserve to live may live." Image
Among his past employers is the Qatari state-affiliated Al Arby TV Image
But here's the craziest part: He is STILL reporting for Al Qahera News, an Egyptian state-affiliated media outlet.

It's crazy that NPR can employ someone who is simultaneously working for the state media of another country.

Is there no rule against that? If not, that's nuts
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Be sure to check our the other @NPR journalists who should have no business reporting on the Israel-Hamas War

And another

And the last one.

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Apr 2
A new study from Indiana University just analyzed 2,335 YouTube Shorts and 94,000+ video frames from major international news outlets covering the Israel-Hamas war.

The data on media bias is staggering, yet unsurprising 🧵 Image
The study examined 4 state-funded outlets: Al Jazeera, BBC, Deutsche Welle, and TRT World. Together AJ and TRT published over 93% of all content studied — 1,258 Shorts from TRT alone vs. just 68 from BBC. The most prolific outlets are also, as we'll see, the most biased. Image
Al Jazeera's sentiment toward Israel across an entire year of coverage:

❌ 302 negative
➖ 371 neutral
✅ 19 positive

That's 43.6% negative vs. 2.7% positive. This isn't based on the researchers' opinions, but on computational linguistics applied to thousands of videos. Image
Read 11 tweets
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Mar 26
Been a while since I did a media takedown thread, but given my role in helping put Col. Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya behind bars, I couldn’t help myself 🧵 Image
This to me is the most dishonest part. If you search "Hussam Abu Safiya" and "Hamas" on Google or any LLM, you get a whole bunch of articles meticulously laying out the evidence of Abu Safiya's ties to Hamas.

The author is just flat out lying about there not being evidence. Image
Then we have the two UN Special Rapporteurs the author cites ad the basis for her article.

One of them, Ben Saul, thinks that Somalia is a leader in human rights and also accepted a $150,000 "donation" (not a bribe!) from the Chinese government

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Feb 20
So I just finished Tucker’s interview with Amb. Huckabee.

I’ve got to say, the Ambassador did a really great job navigating his wild accusations and constant bouncing from one subject to another.

Here are some of Tucker's most blatant lies and unhinged moments. Buckle up🧵 Image
1. When he called for every single Israeli to undergo DNA testing:

2. When he gave the green light for Hamas to use child soldiers:

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Jan 26
Breaking: I’ve just discovered that next month’s annual Al Jazeera Forum will feature a keynote by Iran’s foreign minister — fresh off his regime slaughtering 43,000 in the streets — alongside Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal.

Let’s take a closer look at this conference, shall we?🧵 Image
On its face, the conference theme sounds like the usual nauseating, sanctimonious, academia-infused soirée one might expect from Doha. But look at the actual lineup, and the mask slips. Image
Keynote speakers include Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi, the president of Somalia, the head of Türkiye’s Directorate of Communications, the director general of Al Jazeera Media Network and a member of Qatar’s ruling family, MEP Rima Hassan and some Chinese government dude Image
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Jan 23
A disturbing new report by @JewishOnliner details how Qatar Foundation International funnels tens of millions into American K-12 schools.

Qatar does so with no oversight from the U.S. government and no transparency requirements whatsoever.

Let’s dive in, shall we? 🧵 Image
This 2020 map shows only Arabic-language K-12 programs funded by Qatar Foundation International.

Because it’s outdated and limited in scope, it understates the number of school districts and excludes other Qatar-funded efforts like curriculum development and teacher training. Image
As an example, Houston Independent School District has received ongoing Qatar Foundation International funding since 2015 totaling at least $340,000, including $85,000 that it recieved in 2025. Image
Read 5 tweets
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Jan 7
Breaking: The Department of Education just launched a public dashboard showing just how much foreign funding is being injected into American universities.

Unsurprisingly, Qatar is in first place with a whopping $6.6 billion. But let's dig deeper into the data, shall we? 🧵 Image
The $6.6 billion from Qatar is made up of 1,223 "transactions" Image
These "transactions" are mostly classified as contracts, restricted contracts, and gifts Image
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