The Intercept: New York Times Exposé Lacks Evidence to Claim Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence Oct. 7

We speak with Jeremy Scahill and Ryan Grim of The Intercept about their exposé of a major New York Times piece into alleged mass rapes committed by Hamas militants on October 7 that raises serious questions about the accuracy of the story. The Times article was headlined "'Screams Without Words': How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7," and its release in late December helped the Israeli government to justify the ongoing war on Gaza and to paint pro-Palestine supporters abroad as not caring about sexual violence. One of the reporters of the Times piece, Israeli freelancer Anat Schwartz, is being investigated by the Times for her social media activity, which included dehumanizing language and endorsements of violence against Palestinians in Gaza. "The New York Times has grave, grave mischaracterizations, sins of omission, reliance on people who have no forensic or criminology credentials to be asserting that there was a systematic rape campaign put in place here," says Scahill, who criticizes the newspaper for not issuing any corrections for their flawed reporting. We also hear from Ryan Grim about how the flawed Times article touched off "extremely intense debate" inside the newsroom. "They're used to external criticism, but the amount of internal criticism they're getting has them on the backfoot," he says.

[alphonsemoonflee]

Credit goes to The Greyzone for their investigative journalism that alerted others to it.

[karlad]

“If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed” Malcolm X

[MDuzel]

I am glad to never be a subscriber to NYT, what a shame!

[radams]

We heard it first at the Grayzone. Thank you to Max, Aaron, The Intercept Jeremy Schahills report. Thanks to Ryan Grimm. Thank to you Amy for hosting voices sharing this evidence .
Not a single case of rape at the hospital. No cases of assault and rape.

[jbmitch]

Max Blumenthal and The Grayzone along with Electric Intefada broke the story. Give them the credit due.

[fabiobrondi]

The US when presented with video evidence of Israeli war crimes: Look, I'm not a lawyer, we have wait for all the facts. The US when presented with unproven accusations on 12 of 13, 000 UNWRA workers: Case closed, we're cutting off all humanitarian aid.

[Lovewins]

NYT has lost credibility. Shame on them for allowing this to happen.

[BM-ymik]

Jeremy Scahill is as usual devastatingly outspoken! We believe him and Ryan rather than the now totally unbelievable and dishonest NYT

[PeaceIsWork]

It’s funny how no one wants to give credit to Gray Zone for constantly deconstructing the lies of the media and everyone months later try to take credit for fallacies they GZ showed first. How ludicrous

[chugalongway]

It was the GreyZone &Electronic Intifada that broke this story, not the Intercept . They should get the credit

[JohnFelinn]

I find it amusing that the resistance has taken out more IDF than they have civilians. But the IDF take outs are majority civilians. But yet we are forced to call Hamas terrorists and not the other way around.

[lisadraga]

Props to Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate at the Grayzone, Mondoweiss and the Electronic Intifada for reporting on this first. They are uncredited in these reports and deserve to be acknowledged.

[samuelallen]

Unbelievable. I will never look at NYT ever again.

[willshogren]

Shouts out to Ali, Nora, Max Blumenthal, Aaron Mate and everyone else who raised questions about this early on.

[ivee]

How about crediting the independent Journalist who actually broke this story and did their job unlike these two, The Gray Zone, The Electronic Intifada and Mondowiess. Outrageous!

[victorycoast]

extreme gratitude to Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate at The Grayzone for investigating and breaking this story

[lounasee]

The good reputation of the NYT is long gone !

[RL-pecz]

Grayzone deserves kudos for getting this story first, Intercept needs to give GZ due credit

[sheikhqh]

Let's tell the truth just one time, Grayzone was the 1st to expose New York Times lies and deception not the intercept. Let's give the due credit to Grayzone. Let's have minimum integrity.

[adampaknazhad]

The truth will never hide
Thanks for being a true journalist to telling the truth