Trust but verify. MEE looks fine to me now, but you can find wackos anywhere.
On 20 October 2022, MEE cut ties with Palestinian journalist Shatha Hammad after it was discovered that she made a Facebook post in 2014 which praised Adolf Hitler for “sharing the same ideology” and the Holocaust. The Thomson Reuters Foundation had withdrawn a 2022 Kurt Schork Award in International Journalism from her, after the discovery, on 18 October.
The article is written by “MEE Staff” and while it mentions their journalist Maha Hussaini has left her home in the North, she wasn’t the author of the article.
Other sources are not named.
This whole event is rife with mis/disinformation. It’s best to be cautious.
Even DW had such cases, it happens. Publications have their editorial control but they generally don’t employ spy agencies to keep tabs on what everyone does in their off-time all the time.
Their about page actually paints quite an impressive history and works with many reputable journalists.
Jamal Khashoggi had previous worked for them and they were the first to get access to the tapes and share his murder with the world.
Trust but verify. MEE looks fine to me now, but you can find wackos anywhere.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East_Eye#Controversies
https://web.archive.org/web/20230706174455/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East_Eye#Controversies
Right?
So they found an issue and acted on it, that only further shows their credibility.
The article is written by “MEE Staff” and while it mentions their journalist Maha Hussaini has left her home in the North, she wasn’t the author of the article.
Other sources are not named.
This whole event is rife with mis/disinformation. It’s best to be cautious.
But Shatha would have presumably published articles before being caught.
Even DW had such cases, it happens. Publications have their editorial control but they generally don’t employ spy agencies to keep tabs on what everyone does in their off-time all the time.
Yes?
Do you think it’s a standard practice for all journalists to have their past social media scoured before employment?
It was found and it was handled adequately, that’s only realistically good outcome you can get in that situation.