{"id":2329209,"date":"2024-08-22T13:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T17:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pbs-propagandist-lied-about-trump-trying-to-kill-ceasefire\/"},"modified":"2024-08-22T13:27:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T17:27:34","slug":"pbs-propagandist-lied-about-trump-trying-to-kill-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pbs-propagandist-lied-about-trump-trying-to-kill-ceasefire\/","title":{"rendered":"PBS Propagandist Lied About Trump Trying To Kill Ceasefire"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fpbs-propagandist-lied-about-trump-trying-to-kill-ceasefire%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=2329209&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>PBS anchor Judy Woodruff has come under criticism for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-is-gina-swoboda-the-trump-backed-arizona-gop-head-elected-after-kari-lake-secret-tape-scandal\/\" title=\"Gina Swoboda, the Trump-endorsed Arizona GOP leader, succeeded Kari Lake following the secret tape controversy\">allegedly spreading false claims<\/a> regarding former President Donald Trump&#8217;s involvement in the ceasefire negotiations between Israel\u200d and Hamas. During a broadcast from the Democratic National Convention, Woodruff suggested that Trump urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin \u200cNetanyahu to cancel peace talks, claiming this was intended to \u2062aid Kamala Harris&#8217;s campaign. Despite her assertion,\u2064 no evidence supported \u200cher claim, leading both Netanyahu and Trump to\u2063 publicly deny it. Netanyahu labeled Woodruff\u2019s comments as a &#8220;complete lie,&#8221; while Trump indicated\u200c he had actually \u200bencouraged Netanyahu\u2062 to \u2064conclude\u2062 the negotiations. <\/p>\n<p>In a subsequent statement, Woodruff acknowledged \u200cher mistake, explaining that she had referenced earlier reports but failed to see later updates that contradicted her statements.\u200c She apologized, but critics pointed out that the original news sources she cited had\u200b not made the\u2063 claims she presented. The incident has sparked discussions about journalistic ethics and the responsibility of media figures to fact-check before reporting potentially damaging information.  <\/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<div>\n<p>PBS&rsquo;s Judy Woodruff may have spent the last 50-plus years in journalism, but her attempt to wrongfully accuse former President Donald Trump of killing the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas and then lying about it proves she&rsquo;s more of a Democrat propagandist than anything else.<\/p>\n<p>The 77-year-old former anchor and managing editor of the &ldquo;PBS NewsHour&rdquo; declared during her broadcast from the Democratic National Convention on Monday that Trump used a recent phone call with Israeli Prime Minister&nbsp;Benjamin Netanyahu to urge the cancellation of peace talks. Despite having no evidence for this claim, Woodruff also insisted that Trump &ldquo;believed that [a ceasefire deal] would help the Harris campaign.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The reporting is that former President Trump is on the phone with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-govt-lockdown-to-last-12-months-expect-repeated-vaccinations\/\" title=\"UK Govt: Lockdown to Last 12+ Months, Expect Repeated Vaccinations\">prime minister<\/a> of Israel, urging him&nbsp;not to cut a deal right now,&nbsp;because that, it&rsquo;s believed that would help the Harris campaign,&rdquo; Woodruff said.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On US peace negotiations between Israel and Gaza: &ldquo;The reporting is that former President Trump is on the phone with the PM of Israel urging him not to cut a deal right now because it&rsquo;s believed that would help the Harris campaign.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IbJQXPurbO\">pic.twitter.com\/IbJQXPurbO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonFilipkowski\/status\/1825934511038939515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Woodruff&rsquo;s whopper was quickly and easily refuted by Netanyahu, who called it a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/breaking-news\/article-815675#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;complete lie,&rdquo;<\/a> and Trump, who said he actually &ldquo;encourage[d]&rdquo; the Israeli prime minister in July to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/netanyahu-denies-report-he-spoke-trump-about-gaza-talks-2024-08-15\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;get this over with.&rdquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JudyWoodruff\/status\/1826330987359273176\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a> posted to X on Wednesday, however, Woodruff failed to take responsibility for spreading a fabrication that she no doubt believed would boost the Biden-Harris administration&rsquo;s image with antisemitic Democrat voters. Instead, Woodruff claimed she was &ldquo;referring to reports I had read, in Axios and Reuters, about former President Trump having spoken to the Israeli Prime Minister.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In the live TV moment, I repeated the story because I hadn&rsquo;t seen later reporting that both sides denied it. This was a mistake and I apologize for it,&rdquo; Woodruff wrote.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/axios\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Axios<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/reuters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reuters<\/a> are both guilty of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/turkeys-erdogan-warns-against-free-speech-says-social-media-a-threat-to-democracy\/\" title=\"Turkey\u2019s Erdogan Warns Against Free Speech, Says Social Media a \u2018Threat to Democracy\u2019\">spreading fake news<\/a> that benefits Democrats. In this case, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/08\/15\/trump-netanyahu-gaza-hostage-ceasefire-deal-call\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">neither<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/trump-netanyahu-speak-about-gaza-hostage-ceasefire-deal-axios-reports-2024-08-15\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">outlet<\/a> asserted that Trump tried to discourage Netanyahu from peace negotiations, as Woodruff claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Axios even noted in its initial article that while &ldquo;one source said Trump&rsquo;s call was intended to encourage Netanyahu to take the deal&rdquo; that unnamed man &ldquo;stressed he didn&rsquo;t know<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>if this is indeed what the former president told Netanyahu.&rdquo; Days before Woodruff&rsquo;s DNC analysis,  Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/08\/15\/trump-netanyahu-gaza-hostage-ceasefire-deal-call\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">updated<\/a> its report to reflect the Israeli leader&rsquo;s statement claiming a call never happened. <\/p>\n<p>Journalism ethics and accountability demand Woodruff be immediately yanked from the air and potentially removed from her position as PBS&rsquo;s senior correspondent for selling such a blatant lie as fact. Woodruff&rsquo;s decision to lie in the &ldquo;clarification&rdquo; and &ldquo;apology&rdquo; she designed to cover for her initial lie only further solidifies that she is not fit to fairly and accurately report.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, PBS has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=By1DrqMl2dM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continued to platform<\/a> her as a top analyst in a prime spot on the network&rsquo;s DNC programming this week, and it appears the outlet will keep her in a prominent position on staff until she retires.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2023\/04\/19\/npr-pbs-are-government-funded\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">taxpayer-funded outlet&rsquo;s<\/a> willingness to enable Woodruff&rsquo;s dishonest behavior is disturbing but mimics an all-too-familiar pattern found in corporate media. The propaganda press as we know it today will <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/08\/23\/the-washington-posts-new-hire-shows-media-will-never-hold-themselves-accountable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">never hold itself accountable.<\/a> Because of this, the small number of Americans who naively trust the corporate media to report the facts instead of partisan fiction will <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/02\/poll-more-than-8-in-10-americans-dont-trust-corporate-media-to-report-facts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">continue to dwindle. <\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on X @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PBS&#8217;s Judy Woodruff has had a lengthy career in journalism spanning over 50 years, but her recent unfounded accusation against former President Donald Trump regarding the ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas suggests she is more of a Democratic propagandist. During her coverage from the Democratic National Convention, the 77-year-old former anchor and managing editor of &#8220;PBS NewsHour&#8221; claimed that Trump urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cancel peace talks during a recent phone call. Despite lacking evidence for this assertion, Woodruff insisted that Trump believed a ceasefire would benefit Kamala Harris&#8217;s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Woodruff stated, \u201cThe reporting is that former President Trump is on the phone with the prime minister of Israel urging him not to cut a deal right now because it\u2019s believed that would help the Harris campaign.\u201d However, both Netanyahu and Trump quickly refuted her claims; Netanyahu labeled it as \u201ca complete lie,\u201d while Trump asserted he actually encouraged Netanyahu in July to finalize an agreement.<\/p>\n<p>In response to backlash, Woodruff attempted to clarify her statement by claiming she was referencing reports from Axios and Reuters about Trump&#8217;s conversation with Netanyahu. She admitted on social media that she repeated what she had heard without seeing subsequent denials from both parties involved: \u201cThis was a mistake and I apologize for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, neither Axios nor Reuters supported Woodruff\u2019s claim that Trump discouraged peace negotiations. In fact, Axios noted in its original article that one source suggested Trump&#8217;s call aimed to encourage Netanyahu towards reaching an agreement but emphasized uncertainty about what exactly was communicated. Following Woodruff&#8217;s comments at the DNC, Axios updated its report based on statements from Israeli officials denying any such call took place.<\/p>\n<p>Given these circumstances, there are calls for PBS to hold Woodruff accountable by removing her from air or even terminating her position as senior correspondent due to spreading misinformation as fact. Despite this controversy surrounding her credibility and ethics in journalism, PBS continues to feature her prominently during their DNC coverage this week.<\/p>\n<p>The network\u2019s tolerance for Woodruff\u2019s misleading behavior raises concerns about accountability within corporate media outlets like PBS. This pattern contributes to diminishing trust among Americans who expect factual reporting rather than partisan narratives.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also appeared in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University with a major in political science and minor in journalism; you can follow her on X @jordanboydtx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":2329210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-22-at-9.25.54%E2%80%AFAM-e1724336883557-1024x576.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[13427,32490,19567,4488,3634],"class_list":["post-2329209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-ceasefire","tag-media-bias","tag-pbs","tag-propaganda","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-22-at-9.25.54%E2%80%AFAM-e1724336883557-1024x576.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329209","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\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2329209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2329210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2329209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2329209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2329209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}