http://twitchy.com/brettt/2023/11/09/wapo-columnist-explains-why-photojournalist-might-be-carrying-a-grenade-n2389622
It's becoming pretty clear that CNN, the AP, and the New York Times had freelance photojournalists embedded with Hamas on October 7. We have one who posted a selfie of himself being kissed on the cheek by the leader of Hamas. And we also have a video reportedly showing one of the freelancers riding on the back of a motorcycle and holding a grenade.
עמית סגל Amit Segal (@amit_segal) ~ Yo, @AP, @Reuters, @cnn - what is your freelancer in Gaza, Hassan Eslaiah, doing on a motorbike with a grenade on his way to the massacre of women and babies? Is a grenade part of the equipment you provide?
Video ~ http://twitter.com/i/status/1722548954246549974
Washington Post columnist Megan McArdle thinks she can explain the grenade.
Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) ~ I understand Israel's anger, but it is morally wrong and a political mistake to target journalists who rushed to cover a story. Possibly some of them are complicit, I don't know. But Israel should give them the benefit of the doubt.
We have no idea whether they were told of the attack in advance, whether they simply rushed to cover the breakthrough and followed fighters through, or whether they had any opportunity to prevent the crimes.
Ah, so this WaPo columnist thinks this dude carrying a grenade to a terrorist attack should be given the benefit of the doubt because he carries a camera and purports to be a "journalist," eh?
You lose, Megan, but ...
Ryan Wilson (@thatyoungrdubs) ~ {Replying to @asymmetricinfo} One of them was holding a grenade, Megan.
Megan McArdle (@asymmetricinfo) ~ {Replying to @thatyoungrdubs} If a Hamas fighter who was giving me a ride on his operation handed me a grenade, I might not risk his anger by handing it back.
Seriously? Here, hold this grenade while I drive.
David Steinberg (@realDSteinberg) ~ {Replying to @asymmetricinfo and @thatyoungrdubs} Holy s*** Megan!
jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) ~ {Replying to @asymmetricinfo and @thatyoungrdubs} So, he was a hostage?
Watch the video, again ... he was NO hostage on that motorbike.
Karl Crary (@Crary76) ~ {Replying to @asymmetricinfo and @thatyoungrdubs} This is where you lost me. There’s no limit to this defense: If he told you to throw the grenade into a bomb shelter, would you risk his anger by refusing? He should never have put himself in that situation in the first place.
Well, Karl ... that's because you're coming at this from a sense of rationality ... Megan is not. She's saying this guy is a "journalist," so EVERYBODY should bend over backwards to overlook his complicity with Nazi-like terrorists simply because he claims to be a "journalist."
Jay Lampert (@MortChristenson) ~ {Replying to @asymmetricinfo and @thatyoungrdubs} I'm trying to find a way to give the benefit of the doubt on this, but ... failing.
Danica McLellan (@danicamclellan) ~ {Replying to @asymmetricinfo and @thatyoungrdubs} I probably wouldn’t get a ride to a terrorist attack with the terrorist - especially after posting videos of myself supporting the terrorists and photos with the terrorist boss. At some point, someone might mistake me for a terrorist, rather than a journalist.
It sounds like these freelancers were deeply embedded in Hamas ... as in helping out.
From a supportive propaganda standpoint, at the very least.
The Captain's Blog (@williamnyy23) ~ {Replying to @asymmetricinfo and @thatyoungrdubs} Is that a joke? If holding a grenade doesn't make you a combatant, why does holding a camera make you a journalist? Being paid money for propaganda doesn't grant one immunity from the consequences of being an armed participant in a terrorist attack.
Andrew Morse (@CAndrewMorse) ~ {Replying to @asymmetricinfo and @thatyoungrdubs} So, do you believe that CNN has overreacted by "cutting ties" with the guy holding the grenade?
Steven P. Smith (@stevenpsmith) ~ {Replying to @asymmetricinfo and @thatyoungrdubs} Please. Just stop digging.
Noah Pollak (@NoahPollak) ~ {Replying to @asymmetricinfo} I can't believe this tweet is real. My goodness Megan, you are embarrassing yourself.
A Hamas terrorist handed me this rifle and told me to shoot Jews, and I certainly didn't want to make him angry by refusing.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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