"CNN's Van Jones is among 16 mainstream journalistsincluding two New York Times reportersserving as mentors in a new journalism fellowship explicitly created to help Israel win its information war. Drop Site's Sharif Abdel Kouddous reports that Jacki Karsh, who launched the fellowship after October 7, said it was her way to shift the narrative in Israel's favor, citing a call to fight on the battlegrounds of academia, law, business, media as inspiration."
"Karsh has praised the IDF as the most moral army in the world and dismissed Gaza's casualty figures. NYT mentors include former Jerusalem bureau chief Jodi Rudoren and Sharon Otterman, who covers campus protests. The fellowship claims to be resolutely nonpartisan though its founder has never expressed sympathy for the tens of thousands of Palestinians killedincluding 20,000 childrenin what UN officials and a vast majority of genocide scholars characterize as genocide."
"But on Friday, Jones poured cold water over the report. FAKE NEWS ALERT: This story is totally bogus. I agreed to give a one-hour, one-time talk to a handful of journalists next year for free, wrote Jones in a quote-tweet. I give more than 100 talks a year, covering all topics speaking to people of all races, faiths and backgrounds."
Drop Site News claimed that Van Jones was one of 16 mainstream journalists, including two New York Times reporters, serving as mentors in a new journalism fellowship explicitly created to help Israel win its information war. The piece named Jacki Karsh as the fellowship founder, described Karsh's praise of the IDF and dismissal of Gaza casualty figures, and listed other mentors including Jodi Rudoren, Sharon Otterman and Michael Powell. The fellowship is described as nonpartisan despite criticism over the founder's views on Palestinian casualties. Van Jones denied extensive involvement, saying he agreed only to a one-hour, one-time talk and called the claims bogus.
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