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Culture Why has Osama bin Laden’s antisemitic ‘Letter to America’ gone viral on TikTok?
TikTokers are posting about the 'mind-opening letter' that justifies terrorism through US support for Israel
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Fast Forward Elon Musk on antisemitic great replacement theory post: ‘You have said the actual truth’
The X CEO posted approvingly of a dangerous canard
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Fast Forward X reportedly paid Holocaust-denying account $3,000 in ad revenue
An account that appears to violate X's policies around violent speech shared screenshots documenting revenue earned through the platform
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Fast Forward Debra Messing, Amy Schumer, Isaac Mizrahi say TikTok ‘not safe for Jewish users’
The letter claims antisemitic harassment on the app has led to offline violence
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Film & TV Amy Schumer posts a Martin Luther King video in support of Israel — MLK’s daughter says Schumer should read her dad’s book
The comedian’s social media has been controversial since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel
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Culture Reeling from tragedy and seeking support, Israel has a social media strategy — and it involves a lot of Harry Potter
Three weeks into the war, Israel is posting messages with pop stars, movie stars and a (once) beloved author
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Culture Gaza hospital explosion poses questions about how to report to readers who don’t read
Journalists rely on tricks of the trade like attributions to imply doubt, but are readers paying attention?
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Reporter's Notebook Your Israel and Hamas takes offend me — not as a Jew, but as a journalist
My colleagues and I are striving for balance. Sensationalist takes on social media are exhausting us
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Fast Forward Chabad on high alert after false Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens war claims
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Opinion Marco Rubio invoked a medieval antisemitic trope in justifying war with Iran
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Culture How an Amish Mennonite school in Arkansas went viral with a song by an Orthodox Jew
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News Reza Pahlavi, Iran’s exiled crown prince, has a plan for his people’s future — if they’ll have him
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