The toxic libel that Israel wantonly murders children was promoted by the Daily Mirror in an article published in the Aug. 6 print edition. The short piece is so one-sided, incendiary and bereft of even the pretense of journalistic standards that it may have even been flagged as problematic by Guardian editors if it had been submitted there for publication.
Here’s the article, which was written by the outlet’s Defence and Security Editor, Chris Hughes.
Though only a few paragraphs deal with Gaza, the headline and the opening sentence (in bold) convey to readers the desired take-away: that Israel’s army murdered 30 Palestinians, “most of them children”, when they attacked “schools” in Gaza City.
First, the Daily Mirror fails to note what even Qatar’s Al Jazeera and Turkey’s Anatolia Agency included in their articles on the incident: that the buildings were reportedly former schools that were being used by Hamas as command and control centers, and to manufacture and store weapons. Al Jazeera, the Qatari regime mouthpiece, even highlighted the IDF statement on the incident in the strap line of their online report:
Further, the Daily Mirror’s definitive statement that 30 Palestinians, “most of them children”, were killed in the strike, merely represents Hamas claims. As Al Jazeera acknowledged, the alleged civilian death tally was based entirely on a statement by the Palestinian Civil Defence in Gaza.
To cite the unevidenced claims of a proscribed antisemitic terror group at face value is morally reprehensible, and, of course, a violation of basic journalistic standards.
We’ve complained to Daily Mirror editors demanding a correction.
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