oatmeal<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> / On 60 Minutes' airing of a Mossad-controlled Hezbollah operation segment</p><p>[...] When news organizations allow access to dictate content, when they trade critical distance for insider footage, they betray their fundamental mission.</p><p>CBS's 60 Minutes is facing criticism for a segment on an Israeli operation against Hezbollah, with accusations that the show allowed Mossad to heavily influence the narrative by selecting interviewees and censoring information during filming. The report highlights concerns about journalistic integrity, suggesting that the pursuit of exclusive content led to a compromised and uncritical portrayal of an operation that resulted in numerous casualties, effectively turning the news program into a platform for Israeli propaganda.</p><p>The article states that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mossad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mossad</span></a> chief David Barnea selected the agents to be interviewed for the 60 Minutes segment. Additionally, a representative of Israeli military censorship was present during the interview in Tel Aviv to ensure prearranged understandings and censorship of unwanted information were observed. These facts indicate a significant level of control by the Mossad over the content that was aired.</p><p>[...] The 60 Minutes story was fully controlled by the Mossad, Israel's foreign espionage agency. In return for granting CBS exclusivity, the deal was that Mossad chief David Barnea would select the agents to be interviewed. In addition, a representative of Israeli military censorship sat nearby during the interview, at a filming location in a Tel Aviv hotel, to monitor and make sure that the prearranged understandings—including the censorship of information it did not want discussed—would be observed. </p><p><a href="https://www.spytalk.co/p/an-unsavory-60-minutes-mossad-production" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">spytalk.co/p/an-unsavory-60-mi</span><span class="invisible">nutes-mossad-production</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraelOccupation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsraelOccupation</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraelWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsraelWarCrimes</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MediaBias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediaBias</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hasbarah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hasbarah</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hezbollah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hezbollah</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mossad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mossad</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a></p>