Scandal for Boston Globe's Spotlight Team to Investigate

Submitted to the Boston Globe August 25, 2025

To the editor:

Thinking about the recent editorial lamenting the skyrocketing antisemitism and the constant bombardment of newspaper articles that read as if they were produced by the Ministry of Disinformation of the Hamas terrorists, I realized the connection was something worthy of investigation by the Boston Globe's prestigious Spotlight team.

The team might investigate how often - basically, almost never - the articles blaming Israel for the devastation in Gaza that has been part of Hamas' strategy mention that all the statistics in the stories originate with Hamas, hardly a paragon of truth, and are propagated by UNRWA or other United Nations organizations that are effectively in cahoots with Hamas.

It might also investigate the consequences of the newspapers publishing articles about Gaza never seem to mention that all the reporters in Gaza are either members of Hamas, supporters of Hamas, or afraid of reporting objectively because doing so would bring the ire of Hamas on their heads, which, as one expert has astutely noted, might quickly separate that part of their bodies from the remainder of their bodies.

The team might try to find out why one United Nations agency reports that 88% of the trucks bringing humanitarian assistance meant for Gaza civilians get looted, so that little of the assistance reaches the people for whom it is intended, and another claims Israel is lying when it points out that fact.

It might also investigate why that same agency claims there is a famine in Gaza when that enclave is being inundated with massive amounts of food, to the point where potatoes and onions are being thrown out because Gazans have been provided with so much food they prefer.

There is much more along these lines for the Spotlight team to investigate and it would be a great opportunity to earn another Pulitzer Prize.

Sincerely,

Alan Stein


 

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