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Rob Finnerty didn’t mince words on his Newsmax program when he warned that Israel “never stood a chance” against the relentless, one-sided media narrative that has dominated coverage of the Israel-Hamas war. His blunt critique landed because ordinary Americans watching the nightly news already sense the tilt — and Finnerty’s audience heard it loud and clear on his primetime platform.
The problem Finnerty was pointing to isn’t speculation; major outlets have publicly acknowledged mistakes in the heat of the moment — most notably the chaotic reporting around the October 2023 Gaza hospital blast, where early coverage leaned on Hamas claims before clearer evidence suggested a misfired Palestinian rocket. Those editorial missteps and corrections illustrate how raw emotion and sensational headlines can displace basic verification, and millions paid the price in a poisoned information environment.
Meanwhile, newsroom politics have revealed the rot: hundreds of journalists have even signed open letters taking sides or condemning coverage, turning once-trusted newsrooms into political theaters rather than sober fact-finders. The Washington Post documented how this wave of activism inside newsrooms has both amplified anti-Israel narratives and fractured the very credibility the press claims to defend. That self-inflicted credibility crisis is exactly what Finnerty was railing against.
The result is predictable and dangerous — American sympathy for Israel has eroded considerably since the initial horror of October 7, 2023, with multiple polls showing a marked decline in public approval for Israel’s military actions and U.S. support. These are not abstract academic numbers; they’re the democratic consequences of a media class that often substitutes heat for context, and those shifting attitudes have real policy implications in Washington.
You can’t separate narrative from policy: while the United States has provided billions in military aid to its one true regional ally, the messaging vacuum created by sloppy reporting and activist editors has allowed accusations and moral equivalencies to stick. That’s why conservative voices on outlets like Newsmax — and commentators like Finnerty — have had to fight not just for Israel’s security, but for the truth that underpins informed American support.
Patriots should be furious, not fatalistic. We owe Israel unwavering support against terrorist bloodletting, and we owe the American people honest journalism that distinguishes terror groups from the democracies that fight them. Demand accountability from the networks that rushed to judgment and keep holding our allies up until the media learns to do its job again.
If you care about truth and about our friends in a dangerous region, don’t surrender the narrative to biased anchors and activist newsrooms. Turn up the pressure, speak up for principled coverage, and stand with the men and women who defend civilization — including Israel — while networks choose side-taking over sober reporting.
