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New York Times reporting ‘errors’ all go in one antisemitic direction

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Faria, Z. (2026, September 17). New York Times reporting ‘errors’ all go in one antisemitic direction. Washington Examiner. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4732074/new-york-times-october-7-reporting-one-antisemitic-direction/

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The New York Times is criticized for a series of reporting errors that consistently favor an anti-Israel perspective during coverage of Israel and Gaza conflicts. An example given includes a sentence implying Israelis question their status as victims after the October 7 attacks, which saw Palestinian terrorists kill over 1,200 civilians. The article argues these mistakes are part of a broader pattern where the Times has inaccurately reported on issues such as hospital bombings by Israel and unsupported claims about prisoner abuse, all while overlooking context that would support Israel's position.

Written by AI on 2026-09-17, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha criticized the New York Times for an "editing error" in its coverage of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, where it mistakenly implied that Israeli victimhood was a matter of perspective rather than fact. On Fox News’s Hannity, Concha questioned why the New York Times would doubt Jewish victimization and called it antisemitic. The newspaper acknowledged and corrected the error after criticism from conservative outlets like the Washington Examiner. Another article by Zachary Faria in the same publication highlighted that such errors consistently paint an anti-Israeli narrative, with one instance stating Israelis still largely view themselves as victims of the Oct. 7 attack when Palestinian terrorists killed over 1,200 civilians, including women and children, and took hundreds hostage. The New York Times removed the sentence from its article to address these concerns.

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Topics

Gaza Israel Israelis Palestinian The New York Times

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The New York Times ORG · 7× Israel GPE · 6× Gaza GPE · 4× Israelis NORP · 4× Palestinian NORP · 4× Hamas ORG · 1× Isabel Kershner PERSON · 1× New Yorkers NORP · 1× Nicholas Kristof PERSON · 1× pro-Palestinian NORP · 1×

Narrative

It is an absurd, outrageous sentence to send to print, given that Israelis were the victims of Oct. 7, when Palestinian terrorists invaded the country, slaughtered 1,200 civilians (including women, children, and the elderly), and took hundreds of hostages.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-17

🔮 This sentence would be the equivalent of “New Yorkers still largely view themselves as the victims of 9/11.”

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New York Times reporting ‘errors’ all go in one antisemitic direction · assertive framing

Claims (15 extracted, 1 hedged)

The New York Times can’t stop making “errors” in its coverage of Israel and Gaza, and all of those errors just so happen to go in the same antisemitic direction. asserted

all → stop → direction

In an ostensible news piece published earlier this week about a pro-Palestinian “documentary,” correspondent Isabel Kershner included the following line: “But Israelis still largely view themselves as the victims of Oct. 7.” asserted

Israelis → publish → Oct.

terrorists → send → hostages

This sentence would be the equivalent of “New Yorkers still largely view themselves as the victims of 9/11.” asserted

Yorkers → view → 9/11

The New York Times went into damage control, issuing the following editor’s note: “Because of an editing error, an earlier version of this article included a statement that was intended to convey Israelis’ perception of the government’s military response to the Oct. 7 terror attack in relation to the attacks, but inadvertently suggested that Israelis’ experience as terror victims was a matter of perception. uncertain

experience → go → perception

It has been removed from the article.” asserted

It → remove → article

The New York Times, which presents itself as a gold standard of journalistic and editorial integrity, wants you to believe this “error” just so happened to slip through the cracks. asserted

error → present → cracks

However, the New York Times has a litany of “errors” on this topic, and they all just so happen to cut against Israel. asserted

they → have → Israel

The outlet famously parroted Hamas propaganda when it “reported” that Israel bombed a hospital in Gaza and killed 500 civilians. asserted

Israel → parrot → civilians

In reality, a missile had hit a parking lot near a hospital, a few dozen people were killed, and the missile had been launched by Palestinian terrorists. asserted

missile → hit → terrorists

The New York Times also ran a story about child starvation in Gaza using a photo of an emaciated boy to incite another round of condemnations of Israel. asserted

Times → run → Israel

Unmentioned was that the boy had cerebral palsy, and that the outlet couldn’t actually find a single photo of a child in Gaza who was wasting away because of mass starvation. asserted

who → have → starvation

The New York Times also published the deranged conspiratorial rantings of Nicholas Kristof, who asserted, with no evidence and in defiance of basic biology, that Israel was using dogs to rape Palestinian prisoners. asserted

Israel → publish → prisoners

The New York Times has, since Oct. 7, propagandized on behalf of Palestinian terrorists and tried to dismiss or downplay the legitimacy of Israel’s military response. asserted

Times → propagandize → response

The outlet publishing constant anti-Israel disinformation and spreading dog rape conspiracy theories doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt in cases like this, especially when every “error” only happens to go in one antisemitic direction. asserted

error → publish → direction