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.
On Friday night's edition of Real Time on HBO, Jones said: Iran and Qatar have come up with a disinformation campaign that they are running through TikTok and Instagram that is massive. If you are a young person, you are opening up your phone, and all you see is dead Gaza baby, dead Gaza baby, dead Gaza baby, Diddy, dead Gaza baby, dead Gaza baby. The comments received heavy criticism as Jones was called out for turning dead children into a punchline.