Channa Rifkin
Algemeiner, June 20, 2024
“It’s unclear if intentions are deliberately malicious, agenda-fueled, or if they result from sheer laziness.”
It’s not often that a mainstream media outlet publishes a piece so full of disinformation that it ridicules itself as a credible news source.
We wrote this back in February regarding UPI’s inability to produce reliable news. Five months later, nothing has changed at the press outlet. Serial offender Adam Schrader is still unabashedly using terror groups and state-run Palestinian agencies as his main sources in articles.
Being a journalist comes with immense responsibility. Reporting complex world issues to the public is not something to be flippant about. While many have an agenda, it’s simply unacceptable and irresponsible for a reporter to consistently copy apparent press releases of recognized terror groups and pass them as your own pieces.
In the last few days alone, two articles dropped that seemed like sponsored content from both Hamas and the state-run WAFA Palestinian news agency.
In the first article, titled “Haniyeh touts Hamas’ diplomacy efforts in Eid message,” Schrader’s only source is Hamas, and the sole person quoted is Hamas political head Ismail Haniyeh. The whole article strokes Haniyeh’s ego, painting him as the diplomat of the century.
Schrader points to Hamas’ alleged ceasefire proposal in early May, which it claimed had been approved by Qatar and Egypt.… [To read the full article, click here]
