I love the Washington Free Beacon, as well as the Washington Examiner.
They regularly get scoops that the Pravda Media ignores, and those stories are often more significant or give important context that Pravda doesn't want you to have.
As I have written before, any news you get out of Gaza is filtered through Hamas, or is even pure Hamas propaganda with little connection to the truth. No doubt, horrible things are happening in Gaza, but without all the context, you rarely know what is happening. For instance, a story that informs you that X number of people were shot at an aid distribution center might leave out the fact that it was Hamas killing Gaza civilians, not the Israeli Army.
The same holds true for reporters covering other terrorist groups. The deal is simple and brutal: terrorists will only allow sympathizers to cover them. All others are marked for death. And Pravda Media outlets know this and comply, becoming propaganda rags for terrorists.
READ MORE: https://t.co/R71kAiceg2
— Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) July 28, 2025
The Free Beacon has a story about the connections between Hamas and the "reporters" used by Pravda Media to "inform" you of what is happening in the Middle East. This story is about the leader of the Wall Street Journal's coverage of Hezbollah. He is a fan and calls Israel "the enemy."
In one post, he lauded the late Hezbollah commander Khaled Bazzi on the "anniversary of his martyrdom," writing, "May God be pleased with you as much as your eyes blink." pic.twitter.com/AjDJeXCj7g
— Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) July 28, 2025
Reporting from war zones is a risky business, but one way to minimize the risk is to employ the enemy to cover the enemy. Terrorist groups need and crave positive coverage--their major front in the war is in the information sphere because they are less powerful than the nation-states they attack. Nations protect their civilians as best they can; terrorist groups see civilians on all sides as chess pieces to sacrifice in the service of their ends.
“Fun” Fact:
— Nazi Hunters (@HuntersOfNazis) July 4, 2025
This “Gazan journalist” is just another Nazi whose idea of “reliable reporting” includes — but isn’t limited to — praising Hitler, glorifying the Holocaust, and calling to repeat it.
Naturally, he was hired by The New York Times — because Western outlets apparently… https://t.co/fODuY9mRrb pic.twitter.com/8rIVTFa22t
The BBC hired Hamas supporters and did a glowing documentary about a Hamas official's child. The New York Times has hired literal Nazis to cover the Gaza War, and now we learn the Wall Street Journal is using a Hezbollah fanboy to cover Hezbollah.
A freelance reporter who plays a leading role in the Wall Street Journal's coverage of Hezbollah has repeatedly praised the terrorist group while condemning "the Israeli enemy," a Washington Free Beacon analysis has found.
Adam Chamseddine, a Beirut-based reporter, has written or contributed to more than three dozen reports as a freelance contributor for the Journal since last year, including providing coverage of the funeral of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Chamseddine was also the lead reporter for a story on Israel’s use of pagers to assassinate Hezbollah commanders. And he was one of the reporters for a Journal story last week that Iran is rearming its "militia allies," like Hezbollah and Yemen’s Houthis.
It's not just a pattern--it's a strategy. Not that all these outlets are exactly pro-terrorist, although most are anti-Israel or "both sides" types. Many media outlets have more reporters covering Israel than just about any other country, just as the UN Human Rights Council spends most of its efforts condemning Israel. It is an obsession, and if you want to put Israel in a bad light, hiring Hezbollah and Hamas operatives to cover Israel is just part of the game.
Meet #Hamas journalists working for @AP and @Reuters from #Gaza.
— Noor Dahri - نور ڈاہری 🇬🇧 (@dahrinoor2) January 9, 2024
A video shows Reuters and AP journalist Ashraf Amra laughing at footage of an IDF soldier being lynched.
Journalists working for Reuters, AP and other media outlets were present with Hamas terrorists at the… pic.twitter.com/hkZBRDVw71
No news organization would assign a fair reporter to cover terrorists in terrorist-controlled territory. So they hire terrorists to do it.
Abeer Ayyoub, a Gaza-based freelancer for the Journal, lamented the "Jewish mafia" on social media and posted Hamas propaganda videos after Oct. 7, the Free Beacon reported. The watchdog group HonestReporting, which uncovered Ayyoub’s posts, has criticized the Journal’s coverage of Israel and noted that the paper uses the term "militant group" to refer to Hezbollah, downplaying its terrorist activities.
Chamseddine, whose reports refer to Hezbollah as a "Lebanese militant group," has offered sympathies to the terrorist group’s leaders. In July 2019, he commemorated the anniversary of the death of Hezbollah commander Khaled Bazzi, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike after he orchestrated the kidnapping of two IDF soldiers on Israeli soil. Chamseddine expressed "greetings" to Bazzi on the "anniversary of his martyrdom," adding: "May God be pleased with you as much as your eyes blink."
It's a win-win-win for Pravda. They put Israel in a bad light, and get dramatic reporting from Gaza that drives sales and ratings. And they ingratiate themselves with the growing number of elite antisemites and the rising wing of the Democratic Party.
Chamseddine is far from the only foreign contributor to mainstream U.S. news outlets with terror ties and sympathies.
— Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) July 28, 2025
When The New York Times' Gaza reporter was revealed as a Hitler fan, their response was to lecture him about the use of social media. Their problem was not his ties to Hamas or admiration of Hitler, but the fact that he let the world know about these things. The deal was that he could propagandize all he wanted, but not to be so obvious about it.
He stayed on at the Times.
CNN freelancer Abdel Qader Sabbah once served in a Hamas-affiliated group and took photos with one of the group’s leaders. pic.twitter.com/52YQWrTgvj
— Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) July 28, 2025
Eason Jordan, a CNN executive, admitted that it failed to cover important stories to maintain its presence in Iraq. It became a propaganda outlet for Saddam Hussein in order to have access to him and his country. CNN was the only Western Outlet to cut that deal with Saddam, and benefited greatly for it.
Welcome to the BBC… pic.twitter.com/FqvRSVhH83
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) April 26, 2025
Now, cutting deals with evil people is business as usual. During the Steele Dossier fiasco and the Russiagate investigation, The Washington Post and New York Times became mouthpieces for Trump enemies, spreading falsehoods. It was a business model and netted them a Pulitzer Prize for promoting a hoax.
Still, as bad as that was, it pales in comparison with the moral failure of hiring actual Nazis to cover Israel.
Editor’s Note: Thanks to President Trump and his administration’s bold leadership, we are respected on the world stage, and our enemies are being put on notice.
Help us continue to report on the administration’s peace through strength foreign policy and its successes. Join Hot Air VIP and use promo code FIGHT to get 60% off your VIP membership.
