Evidently ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was unavailable, so the @nytimes got the next best thing. #MarwanBarghouti #Terrorist
— Im Tirtzu (@IMTIzionism) April 17, 2017
In case you missed it, yesterday, the New York Times graciously gave op-ed space to Marwan Barghouti so he could highlight the Palestinian prisoners going on a hunger strike to “[expose] Israel’s moral and political failure.”
Marwan Barghouti, imprisoned in Israel for 15 years, on why he feels a hunger strike is the only protest possible https://t.co/csApVb8F7S pic.twitter.com/icO9h5UubG
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) April 17, 2017
https://twitter.com/JohninJerusalem/status/853855885780766721
Isn’t that special? Too bad the NYT got lazy when it came to Barghouti’s bio:
מאמר ברגותי בניו-יורק טיימס
נחתם בהצגת האיש: "מנהיג פלסטיני ופרלמנטר"
אין אזכור לכתב האישום/למאסרי vעולם/למעורבות ברצח ישראלים@nytopinion pic.twitter.com/uGcFns6h6u— Gal Berger גל ברגר (@galberger) April 17, 2017
Oh, is that what they’re calling terrorists these days?
Gal Berger: @nytopinion IDs Marwan Barghouti as "Palestinian leader & parliamentarian" without mention of violence & convictions for murder. https://t.co/ZocdZZNDrY
— Noga Tarnopolsky (@NTarnopolsky) April 17, 2017
Convictions on five counts of murder, for those of you keeping track at home.
According to @nytimes, "Marwan Barghouti is a Palestinian leader and parliamentarian".
He's also an arch-terrorist.https://t.co/3hPb3uO4Et
— Shlomi Ben Meir (@shlomikliab) April 17, 2017
Quintuple murderer Marwan Barghouti, that is. https://t.co/vwkf0Kb4DA
— Kyle Smith (@rkylesmith) April 17, 2017
Marwan Bargouti is serving 5 life sentences for terror attacks that killed 5 civilians. @nytimes gave him this op-ed byline: pic.twitter.com/0THFVr6BtC
— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) April 17, 2017
What? Did the New York Times not think that was worth mentioning?
I see @nytimes has no red lines, letting convicted Palestinian terrorist Marwan #Barghouti write op-ed. Next Assad? https://t.co/t8KNSNPDmK pic.twitter.com/l8FUUAmF9j
— Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) April 17, 2017
What next @nytimes @nytopinion? An op-ed by Bashar al-Assad, Statesman and Child Rights Activist?
— Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) April 17, 2017
That would certainly fit with the standards the Times editorial team seem to operate under.
.@spaydl Shouldn't @nytimes disclose that Marwan Barghouti is convicted terrorist at end of his oped? Serious journalistic ethics fail.
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) April 17, 2017
They should. And they did — only took them a day:
The NY Times adds an Editors' Note at the bottom of column by convicted murderer Marwan Barghouti clarifying that he's a convicted murderer. pic.twitter.com/ig9iaF7Lh8
— Yair_Zivan (@Yair_Zivan) April 17, 2017
Guess they got tired of being called out for their blatant whitewashing job. Great work as usual, New York Times.
Oh, minor sin of omission on the part of the @nytimes I guess.
— KnotGrumpy (@knotgrumpy) April 17, 2017
So typical of @nytopinion anti-Israel bias. Year after year of prejudiced and one-sided columns. Never stops. @JBennet
— Jeff Saloman (@JeffSolly) April 17, 2017
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