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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][twitter]https://x.com/AGHamilton29/status/2055640996709355598[/twitter]

Regarding the Kristof column. Let’s put aside the dog rape stuff and focus on one additional specific example of why it was such poor and indefensible journalism. There were two named victims of sexual assault by Israeli soldiers in Kristof’s column.

One of them Issa Amro. He was detained and interrogated for 10 hours on 10/7.

The only problem? He himself put out the below video about what happened to him that day. I will link to it in this week’s newsletter. In the video, he claims his hands were tied tightly, they cursed at him, and he was hit several times. But at no point does he suggest anything even close to sexual assault.

Two weeks later, he was interviewed by ABC news. Again, no mention of sexual assault. He would later be interviewed by the Washington Post and would claim he was threatened with sexual assault (but not that it occurred). This person repeatedly talked about the events that day and never once claimed sexual assault except when it became convenient to fit Kristof’s narrative to provide evidence of a systemic problem. And no, it’s not a coincidence that this activist has done a ton of media.

Did Kristof know that there was a contemporaneous account from one of the two named alleged victims that does not claim sexual assault? Did the NYT editors know the person being cited changed their story?

Was Amro even asked why his story changed?

None of this seemed to matter.[/quote]
It's possible he added to his original statement, and it's possible he did not. PP, how many sexual assault victims have you actual set down and talked with. For some of us, it takes years to come to terms with what happened and say it out loud. It takes feeling safe and encouragement to speak our truths. As I am not a man, I can only imagine that it is twice as difficult. But of course, YMMV with your own sexual assault recovery. [/quote]

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