{"id":2302610,"date":"2024-07-20T16:15:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T20:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-posts-shameful-criticism-of-hamas-hostages-parents-removed-after-being-deemed-unacceptable\/"},"modified":"2024-07-20T16:17:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T20:17:40","slug":"washington-post-removes-criticism-of-hamas-hostages-parents-after-it-was-deemed-unacceptable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-removes-criticism-of-hamas-hostages-parents-after-it-was-deemed-unacceptable\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post removes criticism of Hamas hostage&#8217;s parents after it was deemed unacceptable"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fwashington-post-removes-criticism-of-hamas-hostages-parents-after-it-was-deemed-unacceptable%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=2302610&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--><p>The Washington Post received backlash over a social \u200cmedia post criticizing\u200c the parents of an American-Israeli hostage held by \u2063Hamas. The post claimed \u200dthe \u200cparents did not show enough sympathy for Palestinians, which sparked\u2063 outrage\u2062 online. After facing criticism,\u2062 the\u2062 Post deleted the\u2062 post \u200band issued \u200dan \u200dapology. However, some users pointed out bias in the revised version of the \u200carticle linked to the post. The\u200d article highlighted the parents&#8217; speech at the Republican National \u2062Convention and their focus on freeing their son from \u2064captivity.\u200b The\u200b incident\u200b shed \u200dlight on the media&#8217;s portrayal of conflicts and the biases that \u200ccan be present in reporting.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post might be shameless, but at least it can still be shamed.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/washington-post-ceo-warns-employees-layoffs-coming-soon-dont-voluntarily-quit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">failing, flailing newspaper<\/a> of the nation&rsquo;s capital came under enough fire on Friday over a social media post that it deleted a reference faulting the parents of an American-Israeli citizen being held hostage by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/graphic-video-israeli-rescuer-releases-footage-music-festival-massacre-aftermath-counter-unprecedented-denial-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">savages of Hamas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The parents, the Post indicated, evidently didn&rsquo;t show enough sympathy for the enemies of Israel &mdash; and of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>In a now-deleted post on the social media platform X, someone on the Washington Post&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-removes-criticism-of-hamas-hostages-parents-after-deeming-it-unacceptable-2\/\" title=\"Washington Post removes criticism of Hamas hostage&#039;s parents after deeming it &#039;unacceptable\">social media team pointed<\/a> out that when the parents of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/american-serving-idf-captured-hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hostage Omer Neutra<\/a>, in captivity since Oct. 7, speak out on their son&rsquo;s behalf, &ldquo;they don&rsquo;t talk about Israel&rsquo;s assault on Gaza that has killed over 38,000 Palestinians, according to local officials. Experts have warned of looming famine.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The parents of Israeli-American hostage Omer Neutra have one goal: TRYING TO FREE THEIR SON from Hamas captivity.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s all they need to say.<\/p>\n<p>How could this have been posted? Shame on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost?\">@WashingtonPost<\/a> for calling the Neutra&rsquo;s morality into question. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ogx95SfV0C\">pic.twitter.com\/ogx95SfV0C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; American Jewish Committee (@AJCGlobal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJCGlobal\/status\/1814302112542601438?\">July 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So, the Post thinks that the parents of an Israeli hostage &mdash; a member of an Israel Defense Forces tank crew, no less &mdash; are the ones who should be shedding public tears over the consequences of a terrorist attack that claims their son among its victims?<\/p>\n<p>Even worse, it cites &ldquo;local officials&rdquo; as some kind of neutral arbiter when the only &ldquo;local officials&rdquo; in Gaza are the strip&rsquo;s Hamas rulers &mdash; the very terrorists who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nikki-haley-reminds-ilhan-omar-who-instigated-violence-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">caused the war<\/a> that&rsquo;s resulted in so much suffering.<\/p>\n<p>After being met with a social media firestorm, the Post replaced the X post with another, calling its own initial wording &ldquo;unacceptable,&rdquo; and claiming to have &ldquo;taken the appropriate action regarding this incident.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A previous post referencing the below story was unacceptable and did not meet our editorial standards, and The Post has deleted it. The reporter of the story was not involved in crafting the tweet. We have taken the appropriate action regarding this incident.&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/washingtonpost\/status\/1814327436584091964?\">July 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kendi-doubles-down-blames-disinformation-operatives-over-deleted-college-admissions-tweet-that-debunks-crt\/\" title=\"Kendi Doubles Down, Blames \u2018Disinformation Operatives\u2019 Over Deleted College Admissions Tweet That Debunks CRT\">social media users pointed<\/a> out that even the revised version linked to an article that could be seen as biased, since the initial social media post was more or less picked up from a paragraph about a quarter way through.<\/p>\n<p>But there was a reason for that paragraph, at least.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/07\/18\/gaza-hostage-family-rnc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article published Thursday<\/a> profiled Ronen and Orna Neutra, the father and mother of hostage Omer Neutra. The elder Neutras spoke Wednesday at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<p>The article pointed out that the Neutras don&rsquo;t dwell on the civilian costs of the war (and, yes, it cited the &ldquo;Gaza Health Ministry,&rdquo; which is code for Hamas). It also contained a completely unnecessary reference to a &ldquo;famine.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But it could be read as intended mainly to set up a quote from Ronen Neutra that put the whole matter in perspective:<\/p>\n<p>The terrorists are &ldquo;not only holding hostage our son, they&rsquo;re also holding hostage the people of Gaza,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>And that simply makes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-removes-criticism-of-hamas-hostages-parents-after-deeming-it-unacceptable\/\" title=\"Washington Post removes criticism of Hamas hostage&#039;s parents after deeming it &#039;unacceptable\">initial social media post worse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did whoever wrote it have to go deep into the article to find inflammatory wording, he or she also had to ignore the quote that followed.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas is &ldquo;also holding hostage the people of Gaza&rdquo; could just as easily have been used in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-removes-criticism-of-hamas-hostages-parents-deemed-unacceptable\/\" title=\"Washington Post removes criticism of Hamas hostage&#039;s parents deemed &#039;unacceptable\">original social media post &#038;mdash<\/a>; it would have been intriguing, it would have been provocative and most importantly, it would have been true.<\/p>\n<p>But that wouldn&rsquo;t have suited the leftist audience being catered to by establishment media outlets like The Washington Post, a disgusting segment of the national and world population where Jew hatred is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-ignores-pro-hamas-protesters-monument-vandalism-trumps-2020-exec-order-end\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coin of the realm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Post&rsquo;s revised version calls the original wording &ldquo;unacceptable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The problem really is that Jew blaming is all too acceptable for an all-too-large segment of the Post&rsquo;s readership.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, the Post&rsquo;s editors could be shamed into backing down this time.<\/p>\n<p>Next time &mdash; and there will be a next time as sure as there&rsquo;s a God in heaven &mdash; it might be a different story.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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After receiving backlash, the Post deleted the post and issued a statement calling the initial wording unacceptable. The article that the post was based on highlighted the parents&#8217; focus on freeing their son from Hamas captivity, but also included biased references to the Gaza conflict. The revised post was still seen as biased by some social media users. The incident highlighted the issue of bias and Jew hatred in media outlets like The Washington Post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2302611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture-58.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13022,11490,32293],"class_list":["post-2302610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-hamas","tag-hostage","tag-washington-post"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Picture-58.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2302610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2302610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2302611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2302610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2302610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2302610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}