Yale Daily News Retracts Editor's Notes Labeling Reports of Hamas Beheadings, Rapes as "Unsubstantiated"
Amid backlash, Yale Daily News retracts controversial corrections to column, admits its statements minimized cruelty of Hamas attacks in Israel curated by multiple sources including Reuters.
- Yale Daily News, the student newspaper at Yale University, retracted a series of editor's notes that claimed reports of Hamas raping women and beheading men were 'unsubstantiated.'
- The newspaper received significant backlash after editors removed such references from a student's op-ed questioning if a pro-Palestinian group on campus was a hate group, without notifying the author about the edits.
- The editor-in-chief, Anika Seth, acknowledged that the paper was wrong to publish the corrections, citing several prominent outlets, including Reuters, which had verified these reports related to Hamas's Oct. 7 attacks on Israel.
- Seth apologized for any unintended consequences the editors' notes may have caused, emphasizing the newspaper never intended to downplay the brutality of Hamas's attack.
- The controversy sparked heated debates on campus and amongst alumni, drawing sharp criticism from those who consider the retractions a form of Holocaust denial.
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