Misinformation

Why global media obsess over Israel and ignore deadlier wars - opinion

How disproportionate media attention and a misleading conflict frame turn Israel into a moral symbol while eclipsing far deadlier wars

Disproportionate coverage of Israel in global media
Palestinians walk past the rubble of residential buildings destroyed during the war, in the northern Gaza Strip, January 6, 2026.

Israel's ban on unsupervised reporters in Gaza causes strategic harm to legitimacy - report

Evidence found in the home of man accused of selling fake measles preventative and cure.

Police arrest man accused of impersonating healthcare professional, selling false measles cure

Pro-Palestinian, "Gazan" social media accounts registered to other countries.

X’s location tool reveals global disinformation machine - opinion


Gazan child featured on Daily Mirror suffers from disease, not malnutrition, Israel reveals

According to COGAT, Mu'amar is suffering from a genetic illness called Fanconi syndrome, which could lead to muscle and urinary tract weakness.

The Daily Mirror's front page showing Gazan child Karim Ali Fouad Abu Mu’amar

Not cool: What a viral fridge video can teach us about misinformation

In a world where everyone has a camera and an agenda, your worst moving day can become someone else’s political victory.

AMIT RAMOT and her fridge are derided in these screenshots from TikTok and Instagram.

'We were not aware Gazan woman had leukemia,' says BBC after claiming she died of malnutrition

In a statement on Monday, a BBC spokesperson acknowledged that the broadcaster was "not initially aware that Marah Abu Zuhri was being treated for leukemia."

 BBC New Broadcasting House in London.

The great deceivers: How Hamas lies, and what Israel should do - opinion

Hamas does lie, but what do these lies teach us about the method or message of the liars? There are at least four lessons.

AL JAZEERA journalist Anas Al-Sharif, killed in an Israeli strike last week, reports in Gaza City in 2024.

The misleading photo in The New York Times is just the tip of the iceberg - opinion

It's okay to report a humanitarian crisis, but as a part of the whole story, with balanced information about all the relevant actors. 

Palestinians climb onto trucks carrying aid supplies that entered Gaza through Israel, in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip July 29, 2025.

NYT quietly alters Gaza starvation story to include key details of child's medical condition

“We have since learned new information, including from the hospital that treated" Gazan child Mohammed Zakaria al-Mutawaq, the New York Times wrote.

Child Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, who suffers from cerebral palsy, alongside mother and brother.

The pre-framing bias of the ‘locked narrative’ - opinion

Locking the narrative is useful in political communication, framing events or policies in a way that favors a particular viewpoint.

 Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram apps are seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021

Bots spam email users with appeals for help in Sweida, Syria

The content of the same email sent multiple times to The Jerusalem Post contains the text written in Hebrew, Arabic, and English. 

 JPost email being spammed with the same message alleging to be from southern Syria.

Iran's Araghchi attempts to justify strike on Soroka with AI-generated map

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi claimed that the hospital was used primarily to treat IDF soldiers and that the destruction of "94% of Palestinian hospitals" justified the bombing.

 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks during a joint press conference with his Egyptian counterpart after their meeting in Cairo on June 2, 2025.

Our 10 responsibilities as journalists covering a war on information - comment

Journalism can also function as a platform for advocating social change by highlighting underreported issues, amplifying marginalized voices, and pressuring for policy reform.

 An illustration of misinformation being spread on the internet