{"id":119110,"date":"2025-02-12T17:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T15:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=119110"},"modified":"2025-02-12T11:52:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T09:52:00","slug":"11-00-106","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=119110","title":{"rendered":"Yale Professor Exposes New York Times\u2019 Systematic Minimization of Hamas, Palestinian Violence in Gaza War"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Yale Professor Exposes New York Times\u2019 Systematic Minimization of Hamas, Palestinian Violence in Gaza War<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Debbie Weiss<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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An aerial view shows the bodies of victims of an attack following a mass infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip lying on the ground in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, in southern Israel, Oct. 10, 2023. Photo: REUTERS\/Ilan Rosenberg<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

A recent analysis by a Yale professor claimed\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>\u2018 coverage of the Gaza conflict downplayed Israeli losses after the Hamas terror group\u2019s\u00a0Oct. 7, 2023, invasion<\/a>\u00a0of the Jewish state and minimized the role of Palestinian violence in sustaining the war.<\/span><\/p>\n

The findings have added fuel to ongoing debates about media bias in reporting on the war, with one prominent critic of the\u00a0Times<\/em>\u00a0arguing that they fit with not only a long-standing pattern of portraying Israel as a belligerent aggressor but also a deep hostility toward the Jewish state among the newspaper\u2019s top leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n

The study \u2014\u00a0published last month and conducted by Edieal Pinker, a professor and deputy dean at the Yale School of Management \u2014\u00a0examined 1,561 articles published by the\u00a0Times<\/em>\u00a0between Oct. 7, 2023, and June 7, 2024. It concluded that the newspaper\u2019s reporting adhered to a \u201cspecific narrative\u201d in which Israel was largely portrayed as the primary aggressor while Palestinian suffering received dominant coverage.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe net result of these imbalances and others is to create a depiction of events that is imbalanced toward creating sympathy for the Palestinian side, places most of the agency in the hands of Israel, is often at odds with actual events, and fails to give readers an understanding of how Israelis are experiencing the war,\u201d Pinker said.<\/span><\/p>\n

A Question of Emphasis<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The study found that\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>\u00a0devoted extensive coverage to Israeli actions in Gaza and their impact on Palestinian civilians, while making significantly fewer references to Israeli casualties, Hamas combatant losses, and Palestinian violence after Oct. 7. According to the data, 70 percent of articles that described the conflict fit this dominant narrative. Nearly half of these did not mention\u00a0Israeli hostages held in Gaza<\/a>, and 41 percent omitted any reference to the Israeli casualties from Hamas\u2019s initial attack.<\/span><\/p>\n

By contrast, Pinker\u2019s analysis found that 1,423 of the 1,561 articles surveyed made no mention of Israeli casualties incurred after the initial Oct. 7 assault \u2014\u00a0in which Hamas-led Palestinian terrorists murdered 1,200 people and kidnapped 251 hostages across southern Israel \u2014\u00a0nor of Hamas fighter deaths.\u00a0The study cited data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data research group indicating that, during the study\u2019s timeframe, Israel lost 364 soldiers, 34 civilians, and suffered hundreds of attacks in Israel and the West Bank during the ensuing war.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, the\u00a0Times<\/em>\u00a0published personal stories of Palestinian or Lebanese suffering nearly every other day, while there were far longer periods in which post-Oct. 7 Israeli casualties were not mentioned at all, according to the study.<\/span><\/p>\n

The coverage also appeared to minimize\u00a0Hamas\u2019s role in perpetuating the war<\/a>, the study claimed. Only 10 percent of articles directly related to the fighting acknowledged Hamas combatant deaths, and 18 percent of war-related articles mentioned Palestinian violence post-Oct. 7. By comparison, Israel was mentioned more than three times as often as Hamas across all articles focused on the war.<\/span><\/p>\n

A Longstanding Narrative<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Author and media critic Ashley Rindsberg, who has written extensively about\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>\u00a0in his book\u00a0The Gray Lady Winked<\/i>, argued that the study\u2019s findings are consistent with the newspaper\u2019s historical coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe findings of the Yale study show that\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>\u00a0is framing the current conflict in a way that\u2019s very similar and almost a template to how it\u2019s framed the Israel-Palestine conflict going back to the Second Intifada,\u201d Rindsberg told\u00a0The Algemeiner<\/em>. \u201cIt was during the Intifada that\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>\u00a0first created this narrative whereby Israel is almost always the sole aggressor and Palestinians are perpetual victims. Very rarely does the paper attempt to break this narrative and even suppresses facts or data that dissent from it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Rindsberg\u00a0further argued that the Sulzberger family, which has controlled the newspaper for over a century, plays a role in shaping its editorial stance. \u201cThe\u00a0Times<\/em>\u00a0holds onto this narrative at all costs,\u201d he explained. \u201cThe Sulzbergers are almost genetically opposed to the concept of Judaism that underlies the state of Israel, which is an ethnic and national conception of the Jewish people, not just a religious faith. For them, Israel completely disrupts their worldview, and the result is a culture at the newspaper that supports this kind of narrative.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Challenge of Bias Measurement<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Pinker, a dual US-Israeli citizen with a background in data analysis, emphasized that his research does not attempt to prove bias in the\u00a0The New York<\/em>\u00a0Times<\/em>\u2018 reporting, noting that bias is difficult to quantify statistically and would require analyzing journalistic intent.<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead, the study aimed to assess whether imbalances in coverage could shape public perceptions in a way that diverges from the broader reality of the war. One potential contributing factor, the study noted, is the vastly different levels of press access between Israel and Gaza. Israel generally allows journalists to operate freely, whereas Hamas tightly controls reporting inside the enclave. This disparity could create unintentional biases, the study suggested.<\/span><\/p>\n

It also did not examine the impact of other editorial decisions that could influence coverage, such as photo selection, headline framing, or the tone of opinion pieces.<\/span><\/p>\n

New York Times<\/em>\u00a0Responds<\/h5>\n

The New York Times<\/em>, which has frequently faced criticism from both supporters and opponents of Israel over its coverage, defended its reporting. In a statement responding to the study, a spokesperson said the newspaper had published over 13,000 articles, photos, and videos providing \u201crich context, confronting truths, and horrific human stories\u201d about the war.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe New York Times<\/em>\u00a0has covered this war with more rigor than virtually any other US news organization, reporting on the conflict from all angles,\u201d the spokesperson said. They pointed to the paper\u2019s\u00a0investigations into Hamas\u2019s Oct. 7 atrocities<\/a>, as well as its extensive reporting on Israel\u2019s military campaign in Gaza.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur editors make careful and deliberate choices about every story we publish to ensure our language, framing, prominence, and tone remain true to our mission of independent journalism,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cWe remain open to good-faith disagreement but will not change our coverage to buttress entrenched perspectives. Our commitment is to independent reporting that our readers can trust.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In January, former US Secretary of State\u00a0Antony Blinken<\/a>\u00a0commented on the lack of coverage of Hamas\u2019s role in the war, calling it \u201castounding\u201d in an interview with the\u00a0Times<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou hear virtually nothing from anyone since Oct. 7 about Hamas,\u201d Blinken said at the time. \u201cWhy there hasn\u2019t been a unanimous chorus around the world for Hamas to put down its weapons, to give up the hostages, to surrender?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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