*The New York Times is reportedly investigating an Israeli freelancer who co-authored the controversial report on alleged sexual violence that occurred on October 7 during Hamas’ military operation inside Israel, the Daily Beast revealed on Sunday. *
The news emerged a few hours after a report <https://mondoweiss.net/2024/02/extraordinary-charges-of-bias-emerge-against-nytimes-reporter-anat-schwartz/> by Mondoweiss exposed Anat Schwartz’s online record <https://twitter.com/stephenWalt/status/1761580980584730984>, which was reportedly scrutinized by independent researchers. Mondoweiss raised doubts about the credibility of the Israeli filmmaker. “You would expect the paper to look for someone with actual journalistic experience, especially for a story as sensitive as this one, written during the fog of war,” the report stated. According to the investigation, Schwartz liked several posts repeating the “40 beheaded baby” claim, which was debunked almost immediately and endorsed extremist posts, urging the Israeli army to “turn Gaza into a slaughterhouse,” and calling Palestinians “human animals.” Moreover, according to Mondoweiss, Schwartz “apparently also served in Israeli Military Intelligence.” https://www.palestinechronicle.com/debunked-by-palestine-chronicle-co-author-of-of-nyt-report-on-sexual-assaults-exposed-video/ This is eerily similar to the claim - later exposed as a lie - of Iraqi soldiers tearing babies away from incubators in Kuwait and throwing the infants to the ground. The tactic of dehumanizing victims is an old one, and the Israelis are practicing it today against the Palestinians, confident that, as Mark Twain once said, "a lie will make its way halfway around the world before the truth can get its shoes tied." -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29144): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/29144 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/104606281/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
