A narrative busted by reality struck an NBC News investigative reporter as “shocking and jarring” while categorizing opposition to Hamas as “post-9/11-style generalized Islamophobia.”
Broadcasting from the land of the free in the comfort of their corporate media studios, a consensus of leftist talking heads spent much of the aftermath of the terror attack on Israel vilifying the nation’s response to the rape, kidnapping and slaughter of more than 1,300 people.
Saturday, the day after Hamas leader and founding member Khalid Mashal had called on the “Arab and Islamic world” to mobilize in jihad as part of “a day of sacrifice, heroism, and dedication,” NBC News’ Ben Collins took to X to lament a perceived “bloodlust” from the public that would like to see the terror organization relegated to the dustbin of history.
“The post-9/11-style generalized Islamophobia and bloodlust coming from people I thought I respected this week has been unbelievably shocking and jarring,” he expressed without providing any specifics.
The post-9/11-style generalized Islamophobia and bloodlust coming from people I thought I respected this week has been unbelievably shocking and jarring.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) October 14, 2023
One person’s challenge to Collins’ claim stating, “I’ve seen more people saying this than I’ve seen examples of this bloodlust and Islamophobia [to be honest],” earned incredulity from the reporter who responded, “How? Seriously, how.”
How? Seriously, how.
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) October 14, 2023
Instead of offering up his own evidence for his claim, he instead reposted analysis from like-minded figures that proved the point of the challenger.
In one instance, he reposted Institute for Strategic Dialogue researcher Jared Holt who echoed, “Same. I mourn for Israelis killed in Hamas’ attacks, but the bloodlusting and inhumane calls to devastate the unrelated people living in Gaza since then is nothing short of horrific. You either value human life or you don’t [in my opinion]. Already another nasty stain in the fabric of history.”
Likewise, another researcher framed their perceived “bloodlust” as “9/11 muscle memory.”
“Everyone seems to THINK we’re just doing 9/11 again, but the situation is vastly different, and the world is vastly different, not least because so many liberals remember the post-9/11 jingoism and the catastrophes it caused. Things, might, and can, play out differently!”
Same. I mourn for Israelis killed in Hamas’ attacks, but the bloodlusting and inhumane calls to devastate the unrelated people living in Gaza since then is nothing short of horrific. You either value human life or you don’t, imo. Already another nasty stain in fabric of history. https://t.co/Z0mqdYsdiU
— Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) October 14, 2023
Everyone seems to THINK we’re just doing 9/11 again, but the situation is vastly different, and the world is vastly different, not least because so many liberals remember the post-9/11 jingoism and the catastrophes it caused. Things might, and can, play out differently!
— Will Stancil (@whstancil) October 14, 2023
Of course, this was the same investigative wit who looked at MSNBC’s coverage from Mehdi Hasan, Ali Velshi and Ayman Mohyeldin that presented like propaganda from Hamas and allegedly got them benched, a claim “vehemently pushed back” on by the network, and supported his initial reaction that theirs was “Really incredible coverage…of the Hamas attacks on Israel and what happens next. Thorough and nuanced and smart.”
He added Friday, “Know who had the best coverage on all of cable TV in the last week? [Ayman Mohyeldin] and [Ali Velshi].”
Know who had the best coverage on all of cable TV in the last week? @AymanM and @AliVelshi. https://t.co/29kVFyvX4c
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) October 13, 2023
Clearer heads didn’t let the narrative-peddling skate by unaddressed as, absent his own readily apparent condemnation of the terror attacks and the protests across the globe that called for the elimination of Israel, one X user asserted, “Hey Ben, ya know how you play ‘CSI: Anti-Semitism’ on here when you think it’s your ideological enemies engaging in it and are now silent when there’s mountains of it coming from your ideological allies? People are noticing.”
Along with that, others readily shared accounts of Hamas sympathizers using images of a paraglider representative of the terrorists who attacked the Supernova Festival where thousands of innocent civilians had become targets.
Hey Ben, ya know how you play “CSI: Anti-Semitism” on here when you think it’s your ideological enemies engaging in it and are now silent when there’s mountains of it coming from your ideological allies?
People are noticing.
— Matt Bilinsky (@mattbilinsky) October 14, 2023
Almost literally every single “pro-Palestinian” rally promoted with a terrorist paragliding in to kill Jews. “We are all Hamas!” shouted at many of these rallies. So while I agree Islamophobia has increased greatly, I’d suggest as a journalist figuring out why that might be?
— Jeff Goldklang (@JeffGoldklang) October 14, 2023
Also just Americans/Europeans realizing that thousands of people now in our cities are currently celebrating Hamas terrorists…
Not Palestinian peace, but Hamas. https://t.co/vDeF1QqIvo
— Stephen Geiger (@Stephen_Geiger) October 14, 2023
And where is your tweet condemning the Jew-hating terrorists who took 1,200 lives last week.
— Shamika Teller (@ShaMikaWhoSeeks) October 14, 2023
Name names then…
— Ryan Lehtonen (@WorkingDrawings) October 14, 2023
Sounds like you really care about those harmed.
— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) October 14, 2023
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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