  BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Robert Satloff: ‘Abuse of anonymous sourcing at the Post appears to be a systemic problem’By Emily Jacobs The Washington Institute for Near East Policy is releasing an analysis this morning accusing the Washington Post, which has been widely criticized for its coverage of Israel’s war in Gaza, of “abuse of anonymous sourcing” in its coverage of the conflict. The report comes the same day that the paper included an editor’s note in its print edition over a headline of a story about Hezbollah’s attack on Israel. The report, authored by Washington Institute Executive Director Robert Satloff, is based on the institute’s database for reporting on the war, which collected 436 articles in total from seven major media outlets, 379 of which “drew from an anonymous or confidential source who was a government or organizational official or someone described as being knowledgeable about sensitive political, military, or diplomatic issues.” The Post, according to the report, “was responsible for 72% of all the citations of Gaza-related unofficial anonymous sources — more than five times as many as both The New York Times and all the other major U.S. media platforms combined.” You May Have MissedTURKEY TALKSenators denounce Erdogan’s Israel threatLawmakers largely brushed off the Turkish leader’s incendiary comments. Read more...DONALD IN DEALTrump: ‘We’re going to save IsraelSpeaking to Syrian Jewish real estate developers and others on the Jersey Shore, Trump claimed Vice President Kamala Harris ‘hates Israel,’ said Schumer ‘became a Palestinian’ and slammed Biden on Iran.        |
7.30.2024
Report slams WaPo's Middle East coverage
