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
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) April 17, 2017
Marwan Barghouti gets a NYT op-ed as hundreds of Palestinian prisoners begin a hunger strike https://t.co/FG7W2eQBPq pic.twitter.com/FLIbCWkGi8
— John Reed (@JohninJerusalem) April 17, 2017
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
@AvivaKlompas @nytimes 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.
@Yair_Zivan @AG_Conservative Oh, minor sin of omission on the part of the @nytimes I guess.
— KnotGrumpy (@knotgrumpy) April 17, 2017
@YaakovLappin 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
