Unidentified individuals spray-painted “NYT Lies, Gaza Dies” on The New York Times building in Manhattan on Wednesday, with sections of the structure’s doors and windows also daubed with red paint.
The incident followed heightened criticism of the newspaper’s coverage of the Gaza conflict. The perpetrators remain unknown.
The graffiti appeared hours after the Times issued an editor’s note amending its July 24 article, “Gazans are dying of starvation.” Five days after publication, the Times acknowledged that its story referenced a Gazan boy, Mohammed Zakaria al-Mutawaq, suffering from severe malnutrition, but later learned from his doctor and medical records that the child also had preexisting health conditions. The editor’s note underscored that the article had been updated to reflect these new details.
The Times credited photographer Saher Alghorra for the images accompanying the story. Media watchdog HonestReporting highlighted previous social media posts by Alghorra, in which he referred to Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack as “the Palestinian resistance in Gaza,” and described “thousands of missiles” targeting Israel as a response to actions at Al-Aqsa Mosque. After images of the child spread widely, the boy’s mother told CNN her son suffers from a “muscle disorder.”
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