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Source: https://www.commentary.org/seth-mandel/unfathomable-media-fraud/
Unfathomable Media Fraud
(Commentary) Seth Mandel - Last month, Israel struck the tunnel under the European Hospital in Gaza in an attempt to eliminate Muhammad Sinwar, the leader of Hamas. News agencies insisted Israel was lying about the presence of Hamas leadership or an underground bunker. Then it turned out that, as usual, Israel was telling the truth. Israel gave journalists a tour of the underground bunker. Will these news agencies still continue to platform the fake "experts" who keep making fools of them? News agencies have been sensitive about the fact that most of their "reporting" is regurgitated Hamas press releases, so they quote civil defense officials. Mahmoud Bassal is a spokesman for a Palestinian agency called Civil Defense. Bassal is a key player in this scam, because news reports can quote him without saying the word "Hamas." On June 8, the IDF revealed recovered Hamas documentation of Bassal's role within the organization. "According to the documents, Bassal joined Hamas in 2005, became a soldier in 2013, and was promoted to officer in 2020," the Jewish Chronicle reported. Just imagine how informed the public might have been - and how many fewer Jews attacked in the streets all over the world - had news agencies gotten the story right all along. Instead, the coverage of the war has been a 20-month work of extended fiction produced on behalf of a terrorist group that murders and kidnaps and tortures.