The headlines move fast. The spin moves faster. So we’re going live to check it. CHECKED by HonestReporting starts October 21. Every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. ET on X and YouTube. 30 minutes, no fluff. Just the week’s coverage put to the test.

American Jews and Israeli Jews share a history, an identity, and a future. But do they still understand each other? October 7 exposed a divide that had been growing for decades. On this episode of The Honest Take, Ben Chertoff sits down with author Daniel Gordis to discuss why American and Israeli Jews see the world so differently, how antisemitism and the war have reshaped their relationship, and whether the growing rift can be repaired. Two communities. Two very different realities. One Jewish people. Listen to the full episode anywhere you get your podcasts.

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For years, Dustin Hoffman appeared to keep Israel at arm’s length. Now he’s delivered a welcome Hollywood plot twist. The Oscar-winning actor joined a star-studded UCLA event celebrating the Jewish people’s historic connection to Israel and raising funds for Israelis recovering from October 7. He even joined singer Ester Rada for “Hatikvah.” When so many celebrities prefer silence, Hoffman deserves credit for showing up. honestreporting.com/a-welcom…

What’s in the headlines shapes what audiences care about, and right now the priorities are badly skewed. Douglas Murray argues newsrooms cover what’s easy to reach, not what matters most. Iran keeps foreign journalists out, so its mass killings barely make the front page, while a West Bank land dispute gets nonstop coverage. As Murray puts it, the media “is not honest anymore about what it cannot report.” Has West Bank coverage shaped how you see the region?

France was burning over wages, schools and the cost of living. So why were Palestinian flags flying at protests about French domestic issues? And why were those flags missing from photo roundups by Magnum, AFP and TIME? AFP even photographed one but omitted it from its own Instagram selection. Photo editors can't show everything. But what they choose to leave out can be just as revealing as what they publish. honestreporting.com/france-w…

Bizarre framing from @Telegraph. Politicians across Israel’s political spectrum have criticized NAZA for what they say are serious factual and journalistic failures. Yet The Telegraph turns that criticism into an election story and declares the documentary is somehow “at the heart of Israel’s election.” It isn’t. If anything, that headline shows how badly The Telegraph misunderstands what is actually driving Israeli politics. xitter.cf/Telegraph/status/21128…

Australian MP Helen Haines was critically injured after being struck by a vehicle outside her office. The arrested suspect, Brendan Nugent, had a social media history increasingly dominated by anti-Israel rhetoric, including content sympathetic to Hamas and the Houthis. Police have not established a political motive. But when hatred and calls for violent “resistance” become normalized, the potential consequences cannot be ignored. honestreporting.com/from-onl…

Palestinian media called Ubaida Murtaja a journalist killed by Israel. But Hamas-linked sources told a very different story. A Telegram channel identified him as a Hamas fighter in the Shuja’iyya Battalion, while footage from his funeral showed him wearing a Hamas bandana. Another supposed journalist. Another Hamas connection. Another reminder of why Gaza's media narratives cannot be accepted at face value. honestreporting.com/palestin…

Hey @AP, this photo caption is misleading. Your own report acknowledges that the IDF says soldiers opened fire because the man was running toward them with a sharp object. Photo captions travel everywhere on their own. So why omit that crucial context from this one?

Hey @Reuters, why frame Hamas demanding 10,000 shekels per truck from Gazan merchants as a mere “tax dispute”? And why repeat Hamas’s description of the payment as a “voluntary contribution” without scrutiny, especially given they are a terrorist organization with a history of murdering anyone who stands in their way? Since when does a voluntary contribution have to be demanded?

Violent protests rocked France and Italy over the cost of living and schools. None were about Gaza. Rioters looted shops in Milan. A tourist office burned in France. And right there were Palestinian flags. Different countries. Different grievances. Same flag.