That’s right: It wasn’t just the infamous photo of supposedly “malnourished” Muhammad Ayyoub al-Matouq that was grossly misleading: The Free Press looked at 12 other media “symbols of Gazan starvation” and found — in each and every case — the photos and stories “lacked important context.” So all the world media desperate to offer clear evidence of famine have yet to find even a single Gazan healthy before the war but now suffering from actual starvation, and not other illnesses. Similarly, excusing its story describing Atef Abu Khater, 17, as healthy pre-war but recently malnourished that failed to note a psychological shock led to him refuse food, the New York Times cited how an “official” (which, in Gaza, means Hamas-directed) report listed “the cause of his death as severe malnutrition.”
Author: Post Editorial Board
Published at: 2025-08-18 22:21:45
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