Newsrooms pressured by pro-Palestinian left over coverage of Israel war with Hamas

From an open letter declaring Israel guilty of "atrocities" to a deleted cartoon about Hamas using human shields, newsrooms are feeling heat from the left.

"We are renewing the call for journalists to tell the full truth without fear or favor," the letter states. "To use precise terms that are well-defined by international human rights organizations, including ‘apartheid,’ ‘ethnic cleansing’ and ‘genocide.’ To recognize that contorting our words to hide evidence of war crimes or Israel’s oppression of Palestinians is journalistic malpractice and an abdication of moral clarity."

The letter, which said Israel was guilty of "atrocities," also noted the dozens of journalists who have been killed in the war. It made just one mention of Hamas and complained that the war was improperly contextualized, despite being initiated by Hamas' devastating terrorist attack.