Traditional US media raised eyebrows over the weekend with glowing coverage of terrorist leader Hassan Nasrallah, hailed as a “father figure” with a “tendency for cracking jokes”.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that a Hezbollah leader was killed in an attack on the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah headquarters on Friday. The IDF said Nasrallah was responsible for the killing of many Israeli civilians and soldiers, and for planning and carrying out thousands of terrorist acts around the world.
“He was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Americans, and yet the media here in America is treating him like he's a good guy,” Ainsley Earhart said Monday, amid positive mainstream headlines. He spoke on “FOX & Friends” while the video appeared on the screen.
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Traditional US media raised eyebrows over the weekend with glowing coverage of terrorist leader Hassan Nasrallah. (Almanar TV/Reuters)
The Associated Press, the New York Times, and the Washington Post have all been criticized for their coverage of the terrorist leader's death. Steve Doocy said it was “a little strange” that the press would describe Nasrallah in such glowing terms.
new york times faced huge backlash In the article, which does not include any byline, Nasrallah said he “argued that there should be one equal Palestine for Muslims, Jews and Christians.”
The Popular reacted.
In fact, the word “terrorism” did not appear in the Times article.
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A woman reads the Quran at the scene of the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Sunday, September 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
a Another Times article It said the terrorist had a “tendency for telling jokes” and “never imposed hard-line Islamic rules, such as the veil, on women in areas controlled by Hezbollah.”
“We don't need any more pretense. The New York Times no longer even puts names in the byline of pro-Hezbollah articles. It's just that the newspaper, as an organization, anonymously selects and assembles stories about Israeli killings. “A holy father figure loved all over the world,'' one reader replied with an X.
The Associated Press also called Nasrallah a “powerful regional force” and claimed that “he was also seen as a pragmatist compared to the firebrand extremists who had dominated Hezbollah since its creation in 1982.” He was criticized for pointing out that Nasrallah was considered an “American extremist.” And most of the West too. ”
“Wearing glasses and a bushy gray beard like many pious Shiite men, Nasrallah is an image of a heavily armed, well-trained, battle-hardened militant commanding thousands of followers.'' “It was a far cry from the image of Nasrallah,” the Associated Press added of Nasrallah. “He would often stop in the middle of his speeches to tell a joke or speak in the local dialect.”
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IDF intelligence diagram showing how recent attacks disrupted Hezbollah's chain of command. (IDF Spokesperson Unit)
“He was a terrorist and he was evil. You missed that part,” one Israeli Defense Forces veteran told X.
Another user teased that AP should send flowers, while another added that AP was “disgusting.”
The Washington Post wrote that Nasrallah was “seen as a father figure” in an article that said he was “denounced as a terrorist by his opponents.”
“Among his followers, Mr. Nasrallah was seen as a father figure, moral compass and political leader. He was lauded as the man who empowered communities, turned Hezbollah into a formidable force, and defended it from Israeli aggression.'' Post Global Affairs correspondent Liz Sly wrote.
of Columbia Journalism Review The paper ran an article headlined “The Life and Death of Hassan Nasrallah,” in which it cited a State Department official who described Hezbollah as “possibly the A-Team of terrorists,” calling it “terrorism.” Or the word “terrorist” was mentioned only once.
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Fox News Digital's Peter Aitken, Lorraine Taylor and Landon Mion contributed to this report.
