Editor,
In the “fog of war” precise and accurate reporting of conflicts is often challenging. However, the reports from The Associated Press from Gaza over the past weeks takes the challenge to an entirely new level.
Editor,
In the “fog of war” precise and accurate reporting of conflicts is often challenging. However, the reports from The Associated Press from Gaza over the past weeks takes the challenge to an entirely new level.
The headline in the Daily Journal of June 9 “Palestinians say Israeli fire kills 12 near aid sites” is but one example and follows similar warped headlines of numerous Palestinian deaths over the past weeks. The source of the information is from the Gaza Health Ministry, which is in fact the Hamas Health Ministry that is accepted without any contrary comments from the Israeli Defense Force or other sources.
The word picture readers of the Daily Journal has is of brutal indiscriminate murders by Israel whereas if The Associated Press’ journalists had dug a little deeper they would have discovered Hamas is doing the killing to prevent Gaza’s residents from accepting food from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which undermines and weakens their (Hamas’) role in controlling the food distribution.
Ah the fog of war!
Mervyn Danker
San Mateo
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(2) comments
Thanks for your letter, Mr. Danker. I’d recommend taking any reporting from the Associated Press with a grain of salt. AP is basically a propaganda arm for the Democrats and would do anything and everything (especially fake news and lies) in attempting to undermine President Trump and any other narrative which goes against their ideology. In their case, it’s not the fog of war – it’s the fog of Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Thank you Mr. Danker for your very prescient observation.
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