Media Manipulating Public on Israel-Hamas War: Lee Smith

- Media Manipulating Public on Israel-Hamas War: Lee Smith
by Samantha Flom and Jan Jekielek, https://www.theepochtimes.com/
The journalist/author says an Obama-era echo chamber of media, think tanks, and experts is spreading disinformation about the ongoing conflict.
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Inaccurate media reporting has fueled the flames of division over the Israel-Hamas War amid confusion about an explosion at a Gaza City hospital. After U.S. officials backed Israel’s assertion of innocence in the blast, major news outlets that relied on Hamas’s version of events—like the New York Times—have been forced to issue corrections, albeit quietly and begrudgingly.
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Those waiting for a heartfelt apology may be disappointed, as according to investigative journalist and author Lee Smith, the media has for years been complicit in a propaganda machine designed to “disorient and demoralize” the American public.
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“For most people, actually, on the right, their first exposure to real disinformation, real information operations has been watching what’s going on in the Middle East since the beginning of the 21st Century,” Mr. Smith said on EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders” on Oct. 20.
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