President Joe Biden reportedly criticized The New York Times’ coverage of an explosion near a Gaza hospital during a meeting with Wall Street executives.
The Times’ headline, which blamed Israel for the explosion, was deemed irresponsible and potentially triggering military escalation in the Middle East.
Arab leaders canceled their meeting with Biden following the publication of the headline. (Trending: Donald Trump Is A ‘Cockroach’ That Just Won’t Go Away)
Fox News: Biden was furious over the New York Times' coverage of the Gaza hospital bombing.
Biden is said to have met with Wall Street executives last week in the Roosevelt Room at the White House and discussed the newspaper and its claim that Israel was behind the bombing. He… pic.twitter.com/CsSH3mLIa2
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The Times faced backlash for its coverage, which relied on unverified claims by Hamas.
The paper later apologized for not verifying the claims properly. The report was ultimately proven false by surveillance video, audio recordings, and other evidence.
The rocket was misfired by murderous Hamas terrorists from behind the hospital, killing hundreds of Palestinians.
“Biden raged against The New York Times in a private WH meeting early last week, after the Times amplified a Hamas claim that an Israeli airstrike was behind the bombing of a Gaza hospital… he thought the headline was irresponsible and could have triggered military escalation.” pic.twitter.com/Tz0ymPqPMG
— Jacob N. Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) October 30, 2023
“Israeli Strike Kills Hundreds in Hospital, Palestinians Say,” the original New York Times headline read on Oct. 17.
Semafor reported, “[Biden] thought the headline was irresponsible and could have triggered military escalation in the Middle East.” (Trending: Joe Biden Historic Take Down of Guns)
The Times soon released a lengthy editor’s note apologizing.
“The Times’s initial accounts attributed the claim of Israeli responsibility to Palestinian officials, and noted that the Israeli military said it was investigating the blast. However, the early versions of the coverage — and the prominence it received in a headline, news alert and social media channels — relied too heavily on claims by Hamas, and did not make clear that those claims could not immediately be verified. The report left readers with an incorrect impression about what was known and how credible the account was,” Times editors wrote.
The article also mentioned pressure on writers to not rely on the Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers, despite their consistency with other reports.
The meeting with Wall Street executives was seen as an attempt to manage a domestic political constituency withdrawing funding from universities over their response to Hamas attacks.
Other news organizations were also criticized for relying on the Gaza Health Ministry for initial reports.
