NYT’s Issues Editorial Note After Discovery
Here we go again — the media runs with an emotional narrative, it spreads like wildfire, and then… oops. They walk it back. This time it’s The New York Times, which had to issue a correction on one of its latest Gaza pieces — you know, the kind designed to make Israel look like it’s intentionally starving children.
The story centered on an 18-month-old baby, skeletal and suffering from malnutrition, whose plight was positioned as the inevitable outcome of the war and Israel’s blockade. Cue the outrage, the social media campaigns, and the predictable condemnation from the usual suspects. Even Donald Trump announced plans for the U.S. to open food centers to help the situation.
The NYT blast this photo to the world.
It was a total lie.
Only a fraction of the people who saw the photo will know that they were lied to. pic.twitter.com/8H8PPu0sQh
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) July 30, 2025
But here’s the inconvenient truth buried beneath the narrative: that same baby had pre-existing health conditions affecting his brain and muscle development.
In other words, the tragedy wasn’t as simple — or as politically useful — as it first appeared. The Times had to update its story to acknowledge this, which, of course, undermines the premise that Israel alone is responsible for the child’s condition.
TRUMP ON GAZA: “I think everybody, unless they’re pretty coldhearted or, worse than that, nuts, there’s nothing you can say other than ‘it’s terrible’ when you see the kids.”
“Those are kids that are starving”
“We’re going to get them food.” pic.twitter.com/S8Zbu4msgb
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) July 30, 2025
And yet, that first version? It did what it was supposed to do. It poured gasoline on the anti-Israel fires already raging worldwide. It gave Hamas exactly what it wanted: another story framing Israel as the villain while conveniently sidestepping that Hamas started this war on October 7, 2023, with a deliberate campaign of rape, murder, and hostage-taking.
Lies. Here is UN aid rotting in a lot, why won’t they deliver it without passing it through Hamas?
Further, the @GHFUpdates has delivered more than 95 million meals in Gaza since May. https://t.co/aSn5Aa7crC pic.twitter.com/5GTBz0FFJE
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) July 30, 2025
They’re still holding innocent Israelis captive — but sure, let’s keep centering the narrative on how awful Israel is.
This isn’t to say Gaza isn’t in shambles. It is. Hamas made sure of it. They’ve turned their own people into human shields, siphoned off aid, and weaponized civilian suffering to pressure Israel — and it works because media outlets keep playing along.
