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AP, CNN, NY Times, and Reuters had journalists embedded with Hamas terrorists on October 7th massacre | |
2023-11-09 | |
[HonestReporting] On October 7, Hamas terrorists were not the only ones who documented the war crimes they had committed during their deadly rampage across southern Israel. Some of their atrocities were captured by Gaza-based photojournalists working for the Associated Press and Reuters news agencies whose early morning presence at the breached border area raises serious ethical questions. What were they doing there so early on what would ordinarily have been a quiet Saturday morning? Was it coordinated with Hamas? Did the respectable wire services, which published their photos, approve of their presence inside enemy territory, together with the terrorist infiltrators? Did the photojournalists who freelance for other media, like CNN and The New York Times, notify these outlets? Judging from the pictures of lynching, kidnapping and storming of an Israeli kibbutz, it seems like the border has been breached not only physically, but also journalistically. AP: PHOTOJOURNALISTS OR INFILTRATORS? Four names appear on AP’s photo credits from the Israel-Gaza border area on October 7: Hassan Eslaiah, Yousef Masoud, Ali Mahmud, and Hatem Ali. Eslaiah, a freelancer who also works for CNN, crossed into Israel, took photos of a burning Israeli tank, and then captured infiltrators entering Kibbutz Kfar Azza. HonestReporting has obtained screenshots of Eslaiah’s now-removed tweets on X in which he documented himself standing in front of the Israeli tank. He did not wear a press vest or a helmet, and the Arabic caption of his tweet read: “Live from inside the Gaza Strip settlements.” Masoud, who also works for The New York Times, was there as well — just in time to set foot in Israeli territory and take more tank pictures. Ali Mahmud and Hatem Ali were positioned to get pictures of the horrific abductions of Israelis into Gaza. Mahmud captured the pickup truck carrying the body of German-Israeli Shani Louk and Ali got several shots of abductees being kidnapped into the Strip. Interestingly, the names of the photographers, which appear on other sources, have been removed from some of the photos on AP’s database. Perhaps someone at the agency realized it posed serious questions regarding their journalistic ethics. REUTERS: LYNCHING AS “IMAGE OF THE DAY” Reuters has published pictures from two photojournalists who also happened to be at the border just in time for Hamas’ infiltration: Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa and Yasser Qudih. They both took pictures of a burning Israeli tank on the Israeli side of the border, but Abu Mustafa went further: He took photos of a lynch mob brutalizing the body of an Israeli soldier who was dragged out of the tank. Reuters was kind enough to add a graphic warning to the photo caption, but it didn’t prevent editors from shamelessly labeling it as one of the “Images of the Day” on their editorial database. Let’s be clear: News agencies may claim that these people were just doing their job. Documenting war crimes, unfortunately, may be part of it. But it’s not that simple. It is now obvious that Hamas had planned its October 7 attack on Israel for a very long time: its scale, its brutal aims and its massive documentation have been prepared for months, if not years. Everything was taken into account — the deployments, the timing, as well as the use of bodycams and mobile phone videos for sharing the atrocities. Is it conceivable to assume that “journalists” just happened to appear early in the morning at the border without prior coordination with the terrorists? Or were they part of the plan? Even if they didn’t know the exact details of what was going to happen, once it unfolded did they not realize they were breaching a border? And if so, did they notify the news agencies? Some sort of communication was undoubtedly necessary — before, after or during the attack — in order to get the photos published. Either way, when international news agencies decide to pay for material that has been captured under such problematic circumstances, their standards may be questioned and their audience deserves to know about it. And if their people on the ground actively or passively collaborated with Hamas to get the shots, they should be called out to redefine the border between journalism and barbarism. 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Posted by:3dc |
#11 "Sneak attack!" They've sunk the Arizona Johnson! Here's a preliminary list of the Jap ships involved. There will be hell to pay for this one. CV-Akagi CV- Kaga CV- Hiryu BB- Hiei BB- Kirishima CA - Chickuma CL- Abukuma DD- Tanikaze DD- Urakaze DD- Isokaze DD- Hamakaze DD- Kasumi DD- Arare DD- Kagero DD- Shiranui DD- Akigumo DD- Akebono DD- Ushio |
Posted by: Besoeker 2023-11-09 14:36 |
#10 I'd bet Doctors Without Borders knew as well. |
Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-11-09 13:42 |
#9 Better toss The BBC into that lot. |
Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-11-09 13:40 |
#8 /\ Yes, tunnel flooding. That really is the key |
Posted by: Besoeker 2023-11-09 13:35 |
#7 Some Wet Work may be required here. So you are projecting tunnel flooding? |
Posted by: Skidmark 2023-11-09 13:24 |
#6 How long had the media people been 'embedded' and how long did they know wat was about to unfold ? SATCOM communications with the home office? Dates, times, content? NSA collectiom ? Asking for a friend. Some Wet Work may be required here. Just say'n. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2023-11-09 12:41 |
#5 All major outlets are running with this story today. Which is good. |
Posted by: mossomo 2023-11-09 12:27 |
#4 Die Paleo Wochenschau |
Posted by: Rex Mundi 2023-11-09 08:14 |
#3 "As always, should you or any of your We know. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-11-09 08:01 |
#2 ^ But not before they used his work product. |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-11-09 07:43 |