Network of No Shame: CNN Originally Reported That Murdered Hamas Hostage 'Had Died,' Didn't Mention How

By Bob Hoge | 9:12 PM on September 01, 2024

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The tragic news broke Saturday night that the Israel Defense Forces had recovered six bodies of hostages executed by Hamas. One of them was a 23-year-old American named Hersh Goldberg-Polin.

HEARTBREAK: American Hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 5 Others Murdered by Hamas

But leave it to CNN to add another entry into the "you can't hate the media enough" files, because their headline initially stated that Goldberg-Polin had "died." Of what? A disease? An accident? They didn't say.

This is why so many people no longer trust the corporate—lamestream, mainstream, whatever you want to call it—media because, quite simply, they lie. In this case, you could argue that they didn't technically lie because the hostages did in fact die, but the intent of the headline was quite clearly to soften the reality of what actually occurred.

Outrageous.

Even a Democrat, New York Rep. Ritchie Torres, felt he had to call them out on it:

Newsflash for the media:

Hostages like Hersh Goldberg Polin did not just “die.” They were murdered by Hamas.

Hostages like Noa Argamani were not just “released.” They were rescued by Israel.

The rockets did not just “land” on Druze children and civilians. They were fired… pic.twitter.com/ILPaVX9xEF
— Ritchie Torres (@RitchieTorres) September 1, 2024

The rockets did not just “land” on Druze children and civilians. They were fired by Hezbollah.

Words matter because the truth matters.

Goldberg-Polin was abducted during the Oct. 7 Hamas rampage that killed over 1,200 people and started the ongoing war in Gaza. Video from the attack shows that his hand and part of his arm had been blown off before he was taken away by terrorists.

He didn’t just die:

He was 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝. https://t.co/iUkmM4FfhB
— Israel ישראל (@Israel) September 1, 2024

After facing intense blowback for their gaslighting, eventually, the far-left outlet changed the wording:

The headline now said, "Israel’s military says six hostages ‘brutally murdered’ in Gaza, including Israeli-American Goldberg-Polin."
"Shame on you CNN and all those media outlets that continue to twist the English language to exonerate terrorists and murderers," Mark Dubowtiz, the CEO of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said.

Incredibly, CNN didn’t even mention the murders in their entire earlier story:

The White House confirmed the murders at around 11:00 p.m. Saturday, but hours after the fact, CNN shared on X that the hostages had "died." Furthermore, CNN's entire 12:00 a.m. story did not mention in the text that the hostages were murdered, either.

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Every time I think I can't hate them more, I find out that actually, yes I can.