For the “Washington Post,” the Gaza War Isn’t Just Bad, but the “Most Destructive” Conflict of the Century

Time and again, major English-language news outlets have presented a deeply distorted view of the Gaza war, a fact that is perhaps in keeping with much of the history of reporting on the subject. Zach Kessel and Ari Blaff take a systematic look at how the Washington Post has handled the conflict and conclude that the paper, highly influential with the nation’s political class, has been particularly egregious. While other publications quickly backed down from the story that Israel struck the al-Ahli hospital when it was shown to be false, the Post was slow to come around to the truth. Later it invested much effort in denying that Hamas was using the al-Shifa hospital as a base.