Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, charged on the Senate floor Thursday that the New York Times and other media outlets have been acting as a propaganda arm for Hamas by writing that Israeli troops were killing innocent Palestinians at a protest, and downplaying the fact that many were violent and threatening to kill Israelis.
“We can count on global media elites acting as little more than propaganda arms, for Hamas and other terrorists, and no week has that been more evident than this week,” Cruz said. “The media has been more than happy to oblige Hamas’ propaganda needs. Reporters, celebrity talking heads, and members of our political establishment have faithfully and enthusiastically parroted the Hamas line.”
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Cruz said the New York Times did not describe that the people protesting on Monday were violent Hamas terrorists whose goal was to cross the Gaza border and kill Jews celebrating the move of the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
He also indicated, that it was intentionally misleading readers into believing Jews were firing at innocent, unarmed Palestinian civilians engaging in protests.
“The New York Times’ headline: ‘Israel Kills Dozens at Gaza Border as U.S. Embassy Opens in Jerusalem.’ … One takes from the coverage apparently poor, innocent, unarmed people are being shot for no reason by Israel,” Cruz said.
Cruz said these media figures are lying to the American people when they tell people the Palestinian riots were the fault of the U.S. for moving the embassy.
“When so-called journalist repeatedly and deliberately lie in the name of propaganda, well they shouldn’t be surprised to have earned the moniker ‘fake news,’” Cruz said.
