US Sen. Tom Cotton has demanded a federal probe and possible criminal charges against US news outlets accused of working with photographers embedded with Hamas ahead of the terror group’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel. The Arkansas Republican accused The New York Times, CNN, the Associated Press, and Reuters of having prior knowledge of the massacre, which left roughly 1,400 Israelis dead. The story exploded into public view this week after the nonprofit Honest Reporting revealed several Gaza-based photojournalists seemingly coming along for the ride during the terrorist rampage. 3 Tom Cotton demands a federal probe of major news organizations after their staffers were found embedded with Hamas terrorists. “We raised questions, we didn’t give answers,” the group’s executive director, Gil Hoffman, said.

Source: New York Times November 11, 2023 20:52 UTC