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Study claims US news outlets served as 'megaphones' for Hamas in Gaza war
Fox News ^ | July 17, 2025 | Jasmine Baehr

Posted on 07/17/2025 2:43:57 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

A new study by the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) alleges that major U.S. and European news outlets served as uncritical megaphones for Hamas-linked narratives during the war with Israel in Gaza, amplifying claims that ultimately undermined a U.S.-backed food relief operation while shielding the terrorist group from scrutiny.

The 102-page report, titled "The 4th Estate Sale: How American and European Media Became an Uncritical Mouthpiece for a Designated Foreign Terror Organization" concludes that outlets including MSNBC, CNN, The Washington Post, and Reuters published or promoted unverified claims sourced from the Gaza Health Ministry without disclosing that it is controlled by Hamas, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization.

These narratives, according to the study, falsely blamed the U.S.-based Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) for deadly incidents and fed conspiracy theories that spread across global media and social networks.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Gaza; Hamas
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; bbc; cia; cnn; enemedia; gaza; ghf; hamas; media; msm; msnbc; operationmockingbird; statedepartment; washingtonpost; whataretheirfrnicks

1 posted on 07/17/2025 2:43:57 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Duh!


2 posted on 07/17/2025 2:49:27 PM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Not a surprise. The lamestream media is and always has been anti-semitic.


3 posted on 07/17/2025 2:50:15 PM PDT by VictoryGal (Never give up, never surrender!)
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To: MinorityRepublican; CondoleezzaProtege

paging one of our resident ‘israel is evil’ freepers


4 posted on 07/17/2025 2:51:23 PM PDT by pissant ((Deport 'em all))
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To: MinorityRepublican

And that is why they are widely known as the “EneMedia”.

Death to the EneMedia.


5 posted on 07/17/2025 2:57:12 PM PDT by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see. #MAGA-A)
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To: MinorityRepublican

This is news?


6 posted on 07/17/2025 2:57:53 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: pissant

Hardly, but the anti-Semitism of the global establishment doesn’t justify indiscriminate bombings of churches and reckless collateral of human life. Israel itself has apologized for the bombing of Gaza’s only Catholic church.

Hamas hates Jews AND Christians.


7 posted on 07/17/2025 2:58:32 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege ( )
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To: MinorityRepublican

No “study” was needed. Being the social megaphone for every Left inspired protest is the self-designated JOB of the media. And everyone know it.

They were taught in academia that the “right to protest” is legitimate and the Leftist corollary with that, they were taught, is that the “cause”, the “case” for any Leftist run protest is “rightful” as well; thus their “job” when it comes to Leftist organized protests is to be cheerleaders, not “journalists”.


8 posted on 07/17/2025 3:00:49 PM PDT by Wuli (uire)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Does this mean that the exaggerated numbers of innocent gazan deaths were exaggerated?


9 posted on 07/17/2025 3:07:56 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Lying criminal enabling scum = mainstream media.

We need the FCC to enforce truth and accuracy in reporting, edit as you wish but that editing must be noted and the full text, full video must be available for review. Corrections or miss statements MUST be given the same amount of play as the WRONG or INCORRECT statements or videos when broadcast be it 10 minutes, 20 minutes 30 minutes if the media source trumped it MUST be one to one.

If they the media did a 1 hour broadcast that was wrong, incorrect or lies then they must do a second broadcast of 1 hour at the same time slot explaining that they were wrong, incorrect or had lied.

A large banner should be run at the bottom of any video STATING that the SOURCE in unnamed, unverified, if an audio broadcast the statement should be made at the start, at the mode and at the end.

If any of this is not done then the FCC should fine and or remove, suspend broadcast licenses. Keep pushing wrong, incorrect or lies and have your broadcast right removed.

We have truth in advertising laws why no accuracy in reporting laws? There should be no editing or exerting with out posting the entire text or video or audio and if the is no confirmation and the source in unknown or not named. That should be at the beginning and end of that report. If a photo is cropped the original should be also available for review. For to long the public has been denied the full information, the full story and unfortunately as it has been shown time and time again. The news media’s take on events can no longer be taken at face value because of paid, yes paid partisan behavior and down right bias. Does the media as a hole need to be held to a much higher standard?


10 posted on 07/17/2025 3:10:51 PM PDT by BFW (loss of signal)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Different versions of the news t0 please advertisers.


11 posted on 07/17/2025 3:10:53 PM PDT by FreedBird (p)
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To: MinorityRepublican

No, really?


12 posted on 07/17/2025 3:14:39 PM PDT by Dave911
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Nothing justifies the purposeful bombing of a Catholic Church, unless they are shooting at you from the church, which has happened, BTW. Israel said it was accidental. I'll take their word for it, unless their investigation shows otherwise.

But I learned long ago that many arab Christian churches - whether out of fear or sympathy - side with the Jihadis agains Israel
13 posted on 07/17/2025 3:21:13 PM PDT by pissant ((Deport 'em all))
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To: EasySt

“ And that is why they are widely known as the “EneMedia”.”

Mediacrats.


14 posted on 07/17/2025 3:21:33 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (TDS much?)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Places they hide their weapons are fair game irregardless of their purpose.

No wonder you chose that FR name...Busb thinking.


15 posted on 07/17/2025 3:26:54 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: MinorityRepublican

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Contagion_Research_Institute


16 posted on 07/17/2025 3:28:13 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: MinorityRepublican

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Contagion_Research_Institute


17 posted on 07/17/2025 3:28:14 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: EQAndyBuzz

So... Just how committed ARE the Mediacrats?

How far will they go to protect the global Mockingbird #EneMedia,
from the Death it truly deserves?

By all appearances, they act like they think they are getting away with it,
and all they will have to do to survive is outlast Trump’s term, and explore the expanding political science frontiers of AI assisted mass mind programming.

As if Truth entering the equation against their will has no power.

Just to be sure sides can be picked in time FRiends... Spoiler Alert: God Wins...

~Easy


18 posted on 07/17/2025 3:55:32 PM PDT by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see. #MAGA-A)
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To: DownInFlames
Really. DUH! and they're still at it.
19 posted on 07/17/2025 4:07:12 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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To: MinorityRepublican

The DNC’s Hamas wing is pleased.


20 posted on 07/17/2025 6:02:21 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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