Rachel O'Donoghue is an Editor at various prominent publications. She focuses on themes of culture and society, as well as the intersections of publishing and media, with a keen interest in journalism, media, and press dynamics. Rachel's insights and analyses have been featured in HonestReporting, spiked LTD, Jerusalem Post, JNS.org, The Wall Street Journal, and National Review.
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Rachel O'Donoghue's coverage predominantly focuses on media bias, journalism ethics, and the Israel-Hamas conflict. She often provides evolving stories and expert commentary in her articles. To effectively reach out to Rachel with relevant content or sources, consider providing insights related to media bias, ethical journalism practices, and developments surrounding the Israel-Hamas conflict.
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The columnist publishes a poorly sourced, fantastical tale of torture of Palestinians.
The newspaper's defense of Nicholas Kristof's column is indefensible.
By: Rachel O'Donoghue
Media outlets framed Eurovision 2026 around Israel controversy and boycotts — but viewers overwhelmingly supported Israel’s entry.
By: Rachel O'Donoghue
Key Takeaways: The NYT’s “defence” confirms the problem: Hamas‑linked sources, circular fact‑checking, and shifting testimonies still passed as “no
By: Rachel O'Donoghue
A wave of celebrated left‑wing candidates is hoping to win high office in the United States, and they don’t just criticize Israeli or American policy – they increasingly question the legitimacy of both countries themselves.
By: Rachel O'Donoghue
Morris Katz isn’t just Graham Platner’s consultant. He’s the strategist linking Platner, Zohran Mamdani, and Abdul El‑Sayed – a key architect of an anti‑Israel progressive project that has largely escaped serious media scrutiny.
Anti-Israel activists declared “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” tainted by Israeli-American producer Avi Arad. The presence of Mark Ruffalo in the same credits exposes just how selective their principles are.
By: Rachel O Donoghue
Current Affairs turns the Nova massacre into an indictment of its victims, romanticizing Hamas, distorting history and relying on factual errors and faulty citations.
By: Rachel O'Donoghue
A recent New York Magazine food feature is part of a broader media trend in which ordinary Israeli life – from cuisine and dance music to air conditioning, housing and privacy – is treated as evidence of guilt. This framing moves beyond criticism of Israeli policy toward the pathologizing, and ultimately the delegitimization, of Israeli identity itself.
By: Rachel O'Donoghue
Across a series of some of the war’s most prominent strikes, The New York Times repeatedly put the school, shelter, hospital or civilian death toll in the headline, while the Hamas or Islamic Jihad target was relegated to the body text, qualified as an Israeli claim or omitted altogether. Revisiting those stories with the evidence that emerged later reveals a substantially different picture.
