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After Hamas attack in Israel, right-wing media revert to post-9/11 tropes

10/13/23 10:25 AM EDT
Fox News hosts call for American military intervention in Israel: “We’ve waged war for less”

10/12/23 6:34 PM EDT
CNN brings on warmonger John Bolton to baselessly claim that Iran directed Hamas attack in Israel

10/12/23 2:43 PM EDT
Elon Musk’s X hits a tipping point, with widespread condemnation of misinformation about Hamas’ attack on Israel flooding the platform

10/12/23 2:28 PM EDT
X is placing ads for MLB, the NFL, and the Pittsburgh Steelers on antisemitic and Holocaust denial accounts

10/12/23 1:00 PM EDT
Kilmeade smears Sanders, AOC over their responses to Hamas’ terrorist attacks on Israel

10/12/23 11:25 AM EDT
Fox host asks why Gaza relies on Israel for food and water

10/12/23 10:29 AM EDT
Right-wing media falsely claim the Biden administration helped Iran fund Hamas’ recent attack on Israel

10/11/23 4:21 PM EDT
Report: Hamas is intentionally taking advantage of weak content moderation on X

10/11/23 3:51 PM EDT
Fox personalities blame Joe Biden, not Republican senators, for vacant positions that require Senate approval

10/11/23 3:19 PM EDT
Gold, guns, and supplements: Right-wing media use Hamas’ attack on Israel to hawk products and promote buying guns

10/11/23 11:04 AM EDT
Fox's Laura Ingraham uses Hamas' atrocities in Israel to call for the end of the prosecutions of Donald Trump

10/11/23 8:56 AM EDT