Tea at Trianon: Washington Post's Fake News Gaza Coverage

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Friday, July 18, 2025

Washington Post's Fake News Gaza Coverage

From Direct Line:

I read the latest Washington Post WorldView excerpt with the same mix of disbelief and frustration that hits every time our major newspapers abandon moral clarity for moral fog. Prime Minister Netanyahu was in Washington this week — and right on cue, the Post rolled out its familiar template: selective outrage, historical amnesia, and just enough “both-sides” language to obscure who started this war and why it hasn’t ended.
Let’s start with their opening lament: “There is no ceasefire yet in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip.” True — but let’s not pretend the blame lies with Jerusalem. Hamas has rejected every serious ceasefire offer that required them to do the one thing a civilized world should demand: release all the hostages and lay down arms. Instead, they’ve insisted on fantasy terms — permanent immunity, an Israeli withdrawal, and their own continued rule — as if they’re a legitimate government and not the terror cartel that raped, burned, and butchered its way through Israeli towns on October 7.
The Post says there’s “no clarity on how to address the humanitarian catastrophe.” Really? There’s clarity, alright — it’s just inconvenient. Hamas is the architect of Gaza’s suffering. They steal aid. They hoard fuel. They turn UN clinics into weapons depots. They dig tunnels under hospitals while their own people starve above ground. That’s not Israeli policy — that’s Hamas doctrine.
Then comes the loaded claim: “No road map for reconciling Israel with the millions of Palestinians who live under the de facto control of its security forces.” This is pure sleight of hand. Israel left Gaza in 2005 — unilaterally. Evacuated every settlement. Pulled out every soldier. In return, they got rockets on kindergartens and suicide bombers on buses. Gaza is not occupied by Israel. It’s occupied by Hamas — and it’s been ruled by fear, child indoctrination, and repression for almost two decades. (Read more.)