Smear Campaign? Jerusalem Post Attacks MintPress for Investigating Israel's Media Influence

Smear Campaign? Jerusalem Post Attacks MintPress for Investigating Israel's Media Influence

Author: MintPress News February 9, 2025 Duration: 56:48
While the destruction in the Middle East has been fierce, the media war surrounding who controls the narrative of events has been no less intense. And MintPress News has been caught up in it. Our investigations into Israeli attempts to manipulate public understanding of the genocide in Gaza have drawn the ire of The Jerusalem Post, who recently attempted to cancel us, labeling MintPress as part of a network of Iranian, Russian and Syrian-backed extremist websites pushing antisemitism. Alan Ma...

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