Rachel O'Donoghue

2 weeks ago | honestreporting.com | Rachel O'Donoghue

There was a time — possibly — when the brand of journalism practiced by Piers Morgan could be described as “provocative.” That was the idea, at least. Deliberately so. Morgan rose to prominence in 1994, when at just 29, he became the youngest editor of a British national newspaper, appointed to helm News of the World by Rupert Murdoch.

3 weeks ago | honestreporting.com | Rachel O'Donoghue

Over the span of just two days, the BBC, along with several other outlets, reported two alleged massacres of Palestinian civilians at humanitarian aid sites in Gaza. Both stories have spread rapidly and continue to do so. Both are false. And both reflect a deeply broken journalistic process that prioritizes sensationalism over accuracy and gives greater weight to terrorist propaganda than to verified facts. Let’s start with the facts.

1 month ago | algemeiner.com | Rachel O'Donoghue

You may not have heard of Guy Christensen — but perhaps you should have. Not because he has anything remotely insightful to offer (he doesn’t), but because millions of Gen Z users do hear him, every day. And understanding Guy Christensen helps explain why so many American college campuses have become incubators for an anti-Israel movement that is less “progressive” than it is unapologetically pro-Islamist.

1 month ago | algemeiner.com | Rachel O'Donoghue

‘14,000 Babies Will Die’: How the UN Invented a Blood Libel — and the Media Ran With It [contact-form-7 404 "Not Found"] The New York Times. NBC News. TIME Magazine. The Guardian. ABC News. The Independent. All these outlets are supposedly reputable news organizations. And all of them published, uncritically, one of the most grotesque and easily disprovable claims made during the war between Israel and Hamas — that 14,000 babies in Gaza would die within 48 hours.

1 month ago | honestreporting.com | Rachel O'Donoghue

You may not have heard of Guy Christensen — but perhaps you should have. Not because he has anything remotely insightful to offer (he doesn’t), but because millions of Gen Z users do hear him, every day. And understanding who he is helps explain why so many American college campuses have become incubators for a movement that is less “progressive” than it is unapologetically pro-Islamist.