Tapper Defends Hamas Propaganda Death Toll: 'No Reason To Doubt'

The terrorist organization Hamas ran every aspect of the government in The Gaza Strip, and they were known for playing games with casualty numbers as a form of propaganda to manipulate the media to be on their side. So, it was inexcusable that CNN News Central host Jake Tapper spent part of Tuesday’s show suggesting there was “no reason to doubt” a claim that Israel killed hundreds of people in an airstrike at a hospital despite reports it was a misfired Hamas rocket.

“Let's go to a major story developing right now in Gaza, what the Palestinian government is calling a war crime, the government in Gaza says the Israeli Defense Forces struck a hospital in the center of Gaza City,” the self-righteous journalist proclaimed at the top of the segment, failing to mention that the Palestinian government was operated by terrorists. Without an ounce of skepticism or critical thinking, Tapper parroted Hamas propaganda: “Preliminary numbers from the government in Gaza put the number killed in the strike, somewhere between 200 and 300. We expect there are many more innocent people still trapped under the rubble.” (…)

NewsBusters: Tapper Defends Hamas Propaganda Death Toll: 'No Reason to Doubt'
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2023/10/17/tapper-defends-hamas-propaganda-death-toll-no-reason-doubt