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NYT, WSJ Laundering Israel's Obviously Bogus UN "Hamas Links" Story Helped Starve Gaza
Uncritically passing along Israel’s racist tabloid misinformation paved the way for mass starvation of Palestinians. There needs to be accountability.
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Adam Johnson
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On Gaza Protest Voters, Dem Pundits Don’t Need to Rally the Troops 8 Months Before Election
This careerist media posture only serves one functional purpose.
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Adam Johnson
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The TikTok Ban Is an Act of Elite Desperation
TikTok isn’t some revolutionary force—and NatSec hatred for it is long simmering—but the nonstop images of dead Palestinians is absolutely what sealed…
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Adam Johnson
For the Biden Campaign, Gaza Is a PR Annoyance to Manage, Not a Genocide to End
Israeli propaganda is full-blown alternate reality. Biden White House propaganda is something much more sinister.
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Adam Johnson
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February 2024

January 2024

The Profound Nihilism of Gaza Voter-Scolding
Shifting the burden from the specific and powerful to the abstract and powerless has blinkered our moral—and political—thinking.
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Adam Johnson
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Sec. Blinken Casually Admits Entire Gaza Strategy Is Premised on Pointless Mass Death
This should probably be a bigger scandal.
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Adam Johnson

December 2023

Even After Netanyahu Admits Goal Is Forcible Population Transfers, US Media Ignores Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing Aims
American reporters and pundits continue liberal delusions, even as Israel—and reality—move on without them.
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Adam Johnson
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Samantha Power, Gaza, and the False Mea Culpas That Got Us Here
The education of a clamoring resume-polisher.
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Sarah Lazare
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Every Liberal Institution Will Support a Ceasefire Eventually, It’s Simply a Matter of How Many Palestinians Must Die First
Short of full blown ethnic cleansing of Gaza, there is only one way this ends. Everyone knows it—especially the White House—but few have the courage to…
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Adam Johnson

November 2023

“Massacred” vs “Left to Die”: Documenting Media Bias Against Palestinians Oct 7 - Nov 7
A quantitative analysis of the first month of conflict, reveals how dehumanization is baked into the ideological cake of cable news.
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October 2023

Ritchie Torres Represents the Poorest District in the US. But He Mentions Israel 236% More Than He Mentions Poverty.
An object lesson in distorted priorities.
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Adam Johnson
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