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HuffBusters quietly observed the hysteria that was fomented over recent allegations that members of the IDF "admitted" to having committed grotesque atrocities against Palestinian civilians --- particularly, accusations that its soldiers deliberately murdered unarmed women, children, the elderly, etc.
HuffPost featured some of these stories, which were matched with inflammatory headlines and Islamist-sympathizing pictures. They were prominently positioned, and sourced from the usual cabal of left-wing, Islamist-whitewashing suspects: the New York Times, Ha'aretz, the AP and the UN. Some examples:
Israeli Soldiers Speak Out About Their Actions In Gaza
Israel Committed Human Rights Violations In Gaza: UN Investigators
The following are some examples of the (Hamas staged/approved) photos that HuffPost used to juice up these stories:
(Note: Close observers of HuffPost find it curious that whereas it routinely shows such sympathy to Palestinians, a majority of whom voted Hamas into power, and support suicide bombings against Jews, it has not --- to HuffBusters' knowledge --- ever shown the bloody carnage that Islamist terrorists inflict on Israeli civilians.)
Of course, HuffPost also featured inflammatory items by its stable of left-wing bloggers and commentators. One example:
Israel's Troops Confirm It: They Were Ordered To Commit Atrocities
In both cases, unsurprisingly, the raging leftists at HuffPost let loose with their anti-Israel (and often anti-Semitic) lies, propaganda and hatred in their comments, which were dutifully approved and published.
NOW, however, the truth comes to light: As has been documented in innumerable instances in the past, these stories are outright lies, or are severely decontextualized and trumped-up, at best.
Little Green Footballs, which routinely excoriates the left in general and HuffPost in particular, with facts and evidence, has the stories --- provided by CAMERA and other reputable sources:
MSM Belatedly Telling the Truth About GazaThe reason HuffBusters is pointing out the fact that these stories were carried at LGF is that it is one of the most widely-read political blogs, so it is extremely unlikely that HuffPost is unaware of what it's carrying. Furthermore, HuffBusters has it on good authority that HuffPost has been or will soon be notified by numerous sources of the truth behind these stories of Gaza "atrocities."
Charges of IDF 'Wanton Killing' Crumble
The New York Times has issued a retraction. Other "news sources" are expected to follow suit.
HuffBusters asks:
Will HuffPost also issue a retraction --- with the same blaring headlines that it used to foment its resident raging leftists' vitriol against Israel (and Jews)?
Or will it just continue to churn out the headlines that are the "journalistic" equivalent of throwing red meat to wolves, making money off of every page refresh, and every hateful comment posted (after being approved)?
Tic toc, HuffPost.
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3/29: UDPATE 1
About now, HuffBusters readers could use a little humor. Ready?
On the same day that the most recent of the LGF exposes was published, HuffPost announced that it received a $1.75 million donation from a nonprofit to establish an "investigative unit":
Huffington Post Launches Investigative Journalism Venture
HuffBusters humbly offers the following suggestions:
(1) Perhaps HuffPost could direct some of its new investigative journalists to determine how much anti-Israel, anti-Semitic hatred, propaganda, lies and misperceptions can be whipped up and "approved" by one website, through the deliberate use of inflammatory, decontextualized, Islamist/terrorist-sympathizing headlines --- and how long it will take for it to issue corrections/retractions when clearly merited?
(2) How about documenting the innumerable instances in which vicious anti-Israel, anti-IDF slanders and blood libels have been manufactured by Islamists and terrorists --- then dutifully "reported," without any kind of critical analysis, by MSM/leftist "news" sources?
We eagerly await HuffPost's response to these timely suggestions.
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3/30: UPDATE 2: HuffPost doubles-down on its one-sided, biased coverage of "atrocity" story
Rather than start to walk back the phony/overblown accusations that it trumpeted across its pages, HuffPost today culled sources now known for their biased reporting --- including Ha'aretz and even al Jazeera --- to provide the "update" to the "atrocities" story. In this case, the "update" was entitled simply:
Israel Drops Gaza Probe, Calls Claims Hearsay
To the untrained eye, this headline would indicate that Israel was attempting to use a Clinton-esque means of getting out of something --- a Hebrew version of, "It depends on what your definition of 'is', is," if you will.
And of course, what would HuffPost's coverage of Israeli affairs be, without the obligatory sympathy-generating, Hamas-produced/authorized/staged photo, to incite its resident band of raging leftists?
Ironically, at the very bottom of the thread (which few users actually read), HuffPost did cite part of the New York Times' retraction, but as is shown above, it made no mention of it in its headline.
Furthermore, HuffPost did not reference any of the press releases from CAMERA, or the supporting evidence that shows how certain "news" media organizations have been twisting the story of these "atrocities."
And predictably, the comments that HuffPost approved for publication on this thread* show, once again, how its biased coverage of these issues incites its resident raging leftists to let loose with their hateful propaganda and lies against Israel, the IDF, and anyone who dares to support or defend them.
(*PDFs available upon request)
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