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Emmy, Peabody, RFK and Polk award-winning investigative journalist and Executive Producer of @AJFaultLines on @AJEnglish, @columbiajourn grad. 90s Knicks fan.
Mar 1 7 tweets 2 min read
As @nytimes continues to come under fire for anti-Palestinian bias, Adam Rasgon is joining their Jerusalem bureau. Only days after Israel killed Al Jazeera’s Wael Al Dahdouh’s wife and children, Rasgon co-wrote a @NewYorker piece smearing Wael’s journalism as “Hamas propaganda.” Image That article was one of the lowest points for western journalism since Oct. 7 and that’s saying a lot. While Israel was caught repeatedly lying to the media, Rasgon and his co author chose to smear a Palestinian journalist risking his life daily whose family was brutally killed.
Feb 24 5 tweets 2 min read
This seems like a big deal and I ask if it goes against the @nytimes policies. As @zei_squirrel found, one of the authors of the “mass rape” story, Anat Schwartz, apparently liked posts saying Gaza should be turned into a “slaughterhouse.” Anat has reported on Palestinians. Image And as @RBrulin points out, the post that the @nytimes Anat Schwartz liked was mentioned in South Africa’s application to the ICJ as an example of intent to commit genocide

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Feb 17 8 tweets 2 min read
This is Dr. Khaled Al Serr. He’s a general surgery specialist at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza. After more than 20 days under siege by Israeli forces, there have been reports that soldiers abducted him and 8 other doctors. He hasn’t been heard from for more than 34 hours. Image This is the last video that Khaled is believed to have shared from Nasser hospital. He discusses how an ICU patient died after the electricity cut out after the Israeli occupation forces invaded the hospital.
Feb 14 12 tweets 2 min read
The Israeli military is currently besieging Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Displaced people sheltering in the hospital, doctors, medical staff and journalists are in 'extreme danger.' The U.S. could tell Israel to end its siege on this hospital if it wanted to. Earlier today, a young man that Israel had kidnapped, Jamal Abu Al-Ola, who was handcuffed, allegedly beaten and dressed in PPE garments was sent to the hospital to relay a warning to everyone to leave. When he left the hospital to return to the military, a solider shot him.
Jan 21 4 tweets 1 min read
Muslim and Arab American community members and leaders I’ve spoken with overwhelmingly have said that they have no illusions about what a second Trump administration would mean for them. But that there’s no way they could give Joe Biden their votes after the mass killing in Gaza. The Biden campaign is in clear denial about this reality. While they may take these communities for granted, they make up significant numbers in key states in a close election where just a few thousand votes can affect the outcome.
Dec 25, 2023 10 tweets 3 min read
During a genocide mostly killing women and children, Jill wrote 1 piece no one read about Palestinian women and has gone on and on about unsubstantiated mass rape allegations that have been made in the same vein as the debunked beheaded babies claim to justify the mass killing. Stop shaming people who don’t believe Israel when Israel has been caught lying time and again and has every incentive to lie as it continues to kill Palestinians by the thousands with impunity.
Feb 20, 2023 5 tweets 3 min read
Honored to win the @PolkAwards for our @AJFaultLines film “The Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh” investigating the killing of the renowned Al Jazeera journalist by an Israeli sniper. I hope this brings more attention to the effort to seek justice and accountability in her shooting. Image We are so grateful to the George Polk Award judges for their recognition of this film and the immense influence and inspirational legacy that Shireen Abu Akleh left through her journalism, both for Palestinians and millions of viewers around the world.
Sep 28, 2020 5 tweets 4 min read
Honored that our 2019 @AJFaultLines film “The Search: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women” won @najournalists award for Best Coverage of Native America” in the TV category, Associate Division III: najanewsroom.com/2020-national-… Sincere gratitude for the families who opened their homes to the us & shared their stories. We don’t take that responsibility lightly. Congrats to the team who worked on this: Senior Producer @KaviChek, Correspondent @alisonaher, Cinematographer @acspelman, editor @warwickmeade
Sep 25, 2020 27 tweets 11 min read
This is stunning news. Will the @nytimes retract Caliphate given that one of its main subjects has been arrested for making up the story? Apparently @CBCNews called this guy’s credibility into question more than 2 years ago, when Caliphate was racking up awards. This is a journalistic scandal. I’ve long been saying that stories about the Middle East don’t receive nearly enough scrutiny: cbc.ca/news/canada/is…
Jun 17, 2020 5 tweets 3 min read
In our @AJFaultLines episode “America’s Pandemic Workers” 4 essential workers shared their lives through video diaries. As the country went on lock down, they went to work, risking their lives and fighting for better pay and protection. Watch here: The film follows a mother from Texas and a father from Pennsylvania trying to survive in a gig economy that leaves very little in the way of a safety net. An Amazon worker fighting for more pay and protection. And a first responder who has seen the horrors of the virus up close.
Jun 10, 2020 7 tweets 3 min read
When we interviewed the head of the Chicago police union in 2016 about #LaquanMcDonald we asked about a police code of silence. His response: “There’s a code of silence everywhere” and then he brought up churches covering up child sex abuse That comment by Dean Angelo made it into the @TheJusticeDept scathing report on the Chicago Police Department Image
Oct 16, 2019 4 tweets 3 min read
Our latest @AJFaultLines episode “System Failure: The Boeing Crashes" traces what led to the two Boeing 737 MAX crashes and asks if the FAA allowed industry too much control over safety. Watch: Bayihe Demissie lost his wife Elsabet, who was a flight attendant, in the @flyethiopian crash in March. She also left behind a one year old son. “She was my best friend,” Bayihe told us. Our episode “System Failure” asks whether Boeing put profit over safety. Image
Jun 17, 2019 4 tweets 2 min read
Just today @MiddleEastMnt had a report that the daughter of Muslim Brotherhood leader Khairat Al-Shater is using her pocket as a toilet in prison. If Morsi's death doesn't raise alarm about conditions in Egyptian prisons, what will? #Egypt w.middleeastmonitor.com/20190617-i-use… More from the report: "In March, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights launched the campaign Periods in Prison to pressure prison authorities to provide incarcerated women with sanitary products, access to clean water and toilets to prevent the spread of disease."
May 2, 2019 5 tweets 3 min read
There were more than 300 mass shootings in 2018, with 4 or more killed or injured. Unfortunately, the scenes that follow - vigils and thoughts & prayers - have become too familiar. What happens to survivors & victims’ families when news moves on? Watch: bit.ly/2GXxBY9 This latest episode of @AJFaultLines “The Aftermath” is a deeply moving examination of what life is like after surviving or losing a loved one to the tragedy of a mass shooting.
Sep 11, 2018 6 tweets 3 min read
Our new doc "No Shelter: Family Separation at the Border" investigates how @realDonaldTrump admin is closing the doors to asylum - from family separation to coercive tactics by ICE and border agents turning away asylum seekers (until they saw our cameras), "No Shelter: Family Separation at the Border" was produced by @KaviChek correspondent is @TeresaBo, edited by @AdiHaspel filmed by @joelvanharen and @nicoleasalazar. All credit to the brave parents who told their stories on camera, despite the risks.