Democratic representative Jared Moskowitz of Florida has bashed mainstream media’s “disgusting display” of journalism regarding the Gaza hospital explosion, saying many ran with the narrative of Israel as the perpetrator despite very little information being revealed.
Hamas blamed Israel for the airstrike on the hospital, alleging it resulted in the death of hundreds of civilians. Much of mainstream media ran with the story, leading to riots and violence around the world.
It was later discovered that the explosion was actually the result of an Islamic Jihad rocket misfire. (Poll: Is CNN ‘Fake News’? VOTE)
Andrea Mitchell did not like it when Reps. Jared Moskowitz (D) and Mike Lawler (R) went after the media for taking Hamas's word on the hospital, "Congressman, not the NBC media. Not most of American media. You’re talking about—" Lawler informs her that "CNN did" pic.twitter.com/koyreMDttY
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“Here’s what I know, what I know, we saw a disgusting display of anti-Israel, anti-Zionism, and anti-Semitism from the international media around the world. They immediately took Hamas’s word for it, Hamas, a terrorist organization, who said something and ran with it,” Moskowitz pressed.
“It caused riots around the world. It caused the president’s meetings to be canceled, but when Israel said it wasn’t true, they had to show satellite imagery, they had to show trajectory of the bomb, they had to explain the crater size, they had to show all sorts of audio intelligence, but Hamas, their word was taken seriously,” he added.
“So, look, this shows how dangerous it is to be listening to a terrorist organization when they put numbers, when they put out facts and figures and they put out statements and it’s a lesson for the media and elected officials that this is an active war zone and we have to be careful before we take stuff and weaponize it because look what it caused in the Arab World.”
Congressman Mike Lawler called out media for running with the story, to which NBC host Andrea Mitchell said, “Let me just say, Congressman, not the NBC media. Not most of American media. You’re talking about…you’re talking about media in the Arab world.”
“CNN did as well and I will tell you, it is wrong. It is wrong,” shot back Lawler.
“We need to – when you are in war, you better make sure you have your facts. We cannot have Baghdad Bobs running around promulgating these lies. Especially members of Congress.”
“So, it is imperative – it does matter. Facts matter here and we need to make sure that people understand, Israel did not attack a hospital. That was a terrorist organization that did that.”
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