Why Does The New York Times Love Hamas?

As Charles Johnson writes, linking to this essay by Steve Emerson on the Gray Lady’s love of all things radical chic:

It’s bizarre and disgusting to see much of America’s media making excuses for a bloodthirsty, openly genocidal death cult. Something is deeply wrong with journalism in this country.

Meanwhile, Bob Owens explores the ongoing love affair between Reuters and Hamas, with an assist from out epic “Picture Kill: How We Got Here” post from 2006 on the media culture that allowed Adnan Hajj and other fauxtographers to flourish.