{"id":2071892,"date":"2023-10-18T14:54:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T18:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-media-lies-setting-the-stage-for-another-benghazi-style-attack-on-american-embassies\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T14:57:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T18:57:40","slug":"are-media-lies-setting-the-stage-for-another-benghazi-style-attack-on-american-embassies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-media-lies-setting-the-stage-for-another-benghazi-style-attack-on-american-embassies\/","title":{"rendered":"Are media lies preparing for another Benghazi-style embassy attack?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fare-media-lies-setting-the-stage-for-another-benghazi-style-attack-on-american-embassies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2071892&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Legacy media lies surrounding\u2062 the bombing \u2064of a Gaza hospital are endangering Americans aboard, as Islamic \u200ddemonstrators\u200d throughout the Middle East\u200b were\u2063 reported outside several\u200b Middle \u200bEastern U.S embassies on Tuesday\u2063 evening.<\/p>\n<p>After reports began surfacing Tuesday morning\u200d that a\u2064 missile hit a Gaza-based hospital, regime-approved\u200c media wasted \u2063no time regurgitating\u2062 baseless claims \u200bissued by Hamas \u2014 \u2063an Iranian-backed terror group \u2014 \u200cthat Israeli \u200bforces fired \u2064the missile. Whether \u200cit was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes\/status\/1714343713801957435\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New\u200b York Times<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AP\/status\/1714336328312144180?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Associated Press<\/a> \u2014 the latter\u2062 of \u2064which once <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/ap-torched-for-claiming-they-were-unaware-of-hamas-intel-operation-building-difficult-believe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/associated-press-laments-loss-of-gaza-bureau-which-shared-office-space-with-terrorist-organization-hamas\/\" title=\"Associated Press Laments Loss Of Gaza Bureau, Which Shared Office Space With Terrorist Organization Hamas\">shared office space<\/a><\/a> \u2063with Hamas in Gaza\u2062 \u2014 the media\u200c narrative\u2064 was\u200b set: \u200cIsrael blew up\u2062 a hospital \u200dfilled with unarmed\u200b civilians, and Hamas\u2019 word is not \u2064to be questioned.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/10\/18\/american-media-blamed-israel-for-blast-at-gaza-hospital-it-was-all-terrorist-propaganda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">evidence<\/a> \u200d has since emerged suggesting it \u2063was\u200b Hamas, not Israel, \u200dthat \u200bwas responsible for\u200c the explosion. Even President\u2063 Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/biden-heads-middle-east-inflamed-by-gaza-hospital-blast-2023-10-18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">begrudgingly admitted<\/a> as much during his trip to Israel, saying, \u2062\u201cIt appears\u2064 as \u200dthough \u200dit was done by [Hamas],\u201d before then \u2064giving credence to anti-Israeli activists\u2019 false accusations (\u201cBut there\u2019s a lot of people out\u200c there not sure\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>By the \u200btime the truth came to \u2064light, however, the damage was already\u200d done. Hundreds of Islamic demonstrators waving so-called \u201cPalestinian\u201d flags <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/10\/17\/hundreds-swarm-us-embassy-in-beirut-ahead-of-bidens-visit-to-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">surrounded<\/a> \u2063 the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday evening, \u2062prompting law enforcement to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-pastor-who-faces-4-year-jail-sentence-for-inciting-church-warns-americans-the-enemy-is-not-hiding-anymore\/\" title=\"Canadian Pastor Who Faces 4-Year Jail Sentence For \u2018Inciting\u2019 Church Warns Americans: \u2018The Enemy Is Not Hiding Anymore\u2019\">deploy tear gas<\/a>\u201d to disperse\u2064 the crowds. According to the New York \u2062Post, the\u200c anarchy began hours after \u200dHezbollah \u2014 another Iranian-backed terrorist organization \u2014 \u2064\u201ccalled for \u200c\u2018a day of\u2063 unprecedented anger&#8217;\u201d in response to the Gaza \u200bhospital incident. Demonstrators also\u2064 swarmed France\u2019s Beirut-based embassy.<\/p>\n<p>Lebanon\u200c was \u2064hardly the\u2062 only \u2064country in which Western\u200b nations\u2019 embassies faced threats of violence over the media\u2019s hospital lies. During a \u200dlarge anti-Israel demonstration \u200din Baghdad, \u2063Iraq, \u200bdozens of demonstrators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/10\/18\/middleeast\/gaza-hospital-blast-middle-east-protests-intl-hnk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly<\/a> attempted to\u2063 cross a bridge leading \u2062to \u201can area that houses Iraqi government offices and several embassies, including\u2062 the US embassy \u2013 but security forces \u200dprevented them from doing so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrators also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/10\/18\/middleeast\/gaza-hospital-blast-middle-east-protests-intl-hnk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attempted<\/a> to breach the \u2062Israeli embassy \u200din Jordan, while Iranians gathered outside the French \u200dand British embassies in Tehran, chanting, \u201cDeath to \u2062France, \u200bEngland, \u2063America,\u200c and the Zionists.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p>\n      <span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Angry mobs are forming \u2062in front of a bunch of American, European and Israeli\u2063 Embassies tonight. Some are pushing past security and starting fires.<\/p>\n<p>Videos of some \u2b07\ufe0f<br \/>US Embassy\u2062 In Beirut, Lebanon \u2064 <br \/>US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq<br \/>French \u200cEmbassy In Tunisia <\/p>\n<p>Reports of \u200bTurkey and Yemen\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/95NQyIcJy7\">pic.twitter.com\/95NQyIcJy7<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>      <\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Benghazi 2.0?<\/h2>\n<p>By producing \u2064baseless lies that\u200d dishonestly paint Israel as the \u2062immoral\u200b aggressor in the Israeli-Hamas conflict, corporate \u201cjournalists\u201d\u200d are all but asking for another Benghazi-like\u2063 attack on Americans stationed \u200bthroughout the region. \u200dFor context, \u200bthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/what-happened-during-after-benghazi-attack-2012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Benghazi attack<\/a> occurred in \u20632012, when Islamist militants\u2062 launched a terrorist attack \u2063against the U.S. embassy in Libya. Four Americans died\u200d during\u200d the bombardment, including Ambassador Chris Stevens.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200d an attempt\u200c to\u200d cover up the \u200cObama administration\u2019s failures in\u200c addressing \u2062known security \u200bthreats to the \u200bembassy, then-United Nations\u200b Ambassador\u2063 Susan \u2062Rice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/what-happened-during-after-benghazi-attack-2012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">falsely claimed<\/a> in numerous interviews that the attack, as described by Fox News, was \u201cthe result of an anti-Muslim video made \u2064by\u200c an American.\u201d Of \u2063course, \u2062the media were more\u200c than happy to amplify \u200bRice\u2019s unsubstantiated assertions.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t take a political \u200cscience major to recognize that\u200d peace\u200c in\u2062 the Middle \u200dEast \u200bis extremely fragile and can \u200cbe toppled in\u2063 the blink of an eye. So, while legacy media may find it all fun and games\u2064 to\u200b play dress-up as Hama\u2019s propaganda arm,\u2062 reckless \u201creporting\u201d on the Israeli-Hamas conflict places actual American lives at risk.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Shawn Fleetwood is a\u2062 staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University \u200cof\u200b Mary Washington.\u200b He previously served as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-american-freedom-convoy-set-to-launch-on-march-1\/\" title=\"Exclusive: \u2018American Freedom Convoy\u2019 Set To Launch On March 1\">state content writer<\/a> for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in \u200dnumerous\u200b outlets, including RealClearPolitics, \u200bRealClearHealth, and Conservative Review.\u2063 Follow him on Twitter\u200d @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What role did Hamas and other Iranian-backed\u2063 terror groups \u200bplay in spreading misinformation about\u200d the attack on the Gaza hospital?<\/h2>\n<p><span> <\/p>\n<div>\n<h1>The Danger of \u200bLegacy Media Lies: How Misinformation Can\u2064 Endanger Americans Abroad<\/h1>\n<figure>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imageurl\" alt=\"Demonstrators outside Middle Eastern US embassies\"><figcaption>Demonstrators protesting outside Middle Eastern US embassies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Recent events surrounding the bombing of a Gaza hospital \u200dhave highlighted the \u2062dangerous consequences of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-only-thing-conspiratorial-about-the-covid-lab-leak-theory-was-medias-coordinated-dismissal-of-it\/\" title=\"The Only Thing Conspiratorial About The Covid Lab-Leak Theory Was Media\u2019s Coordinated Dismissal Of It\">legacy media lies<\/a> and \u2063the spread of misinformation. On Tuesday evening, Islamic demonstrations erupted throughout the Middle East, placing Americans aboard \u200dat\u200b risk.<\/p>\n<p>The crisis started\u2062 when reports \u200bemerged \u2062on Tuesday morning suggesting that a missile strike\u200b had hit \u2064a Gaza-based hospital. Sadly, many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-media-lies-setting-the-stage-for-another-benghazi-style-attack-on-american-embassies\/\" title=\"Are media lies preparing for another Benghazi-style embassy attack?\">legacy media outlets immediately propagated baseless claims<\/a> from Hamas,\u2064 an Iranian-backed terror group, implying\u200c that Israeli forces\u2064 were responsible for \u200dthe attack. The New \u2063York Times and \u2062Associated\u200c Press, the latter\u200b of which shared office space with Hamas in Gaza, were among \u200dthose feeding into this narrative that Israel had purposefully targeted a hospital filled with unarmed civilians. This dangerous narrative painted Hamas as an unquestionable voice of truth.<\/p>\n<p>However, subsequent evidence has \u200cemerged pointing to Hamas, not Israel, as the culprits behind the hospital explosion. Even President Joe Biden begrudgingly admitted this during\u2063 his visit to Israel, stating, &#8220;It appears as though it was done by [Hamas],&#8221; but also acknowledging the uncertainty surrounding the situation. The \u200btruth, unfortunately, emerged too late as the damage had already been done.<\/p>\n<p>The repercussions of these\u2063 lies were quickly felt as hundreds of Islamic demonstrators\u2064 surrounded the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, and the French embassy, waving Palestinian flags and causing\u200b unrest. In\u2064 response, law enforcement had to deploy tear gas to disperse the crowds. This occurred hours after \u200dHezbollah, another Iranian-backed \u2062terrorist organization, called for &#8220;a day of unprecedented anger&#8221;\u200d in response to the Gaza hospital incident. Similar threats were faced by\u200c Western nations&#8217; embassies in Baghdad, Iraq, where demonstrators tried to cross\u200b a bridge leading to government \u200doffices and multiple embassies, including the U.S. \u200cembassy.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore,\u200d demonstrators attempted to breach the Israeli embassy in Jordan, while in Tehran, Iranians gathered outside the French and \u200cBritish embassies, chanting anti-Western slogans. These incidents highlight \u2063the potential \u200cdangers faced by diplomatic\u200c personnel and\u2064 citizens in countries where misinformation spreads like wildfire.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/someimageurl\" alt=\"Tweet about angry mobs forming in front of embassies\"><figcaption>Tweet about angry mobs forming in front of embassies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legacy media spreads lies about Gaza hospital bombing, endangering Americans abroad. Islamic demonstrators gather outside US embassies in the Middle East. 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