TYT slams New York Times reporter for shielding Israel from tough questions

May 16, 2026

Cenk Uygur and Anna Kasparian attack a New York Times reporter for grilling Tucker Carlson over his Israel questions instead of covering the war itself, framing mainstream media as Israeli propaganda.

  • New York Times reporter Lulu Garcia-Navarro pressed Tucker Carlson on whether his questions about Israel echo antisemitic tropes, rather than on the war itself.
  • TYT argues she ignored 22,800 dead kids in Gaza, the Lebanon invasion, and Israel taking 63% of Gaza, focusing only on the feelings of Israel supporters.
  • Tucker had pushed US Ambassador Mike Huckabee on the "Greater Israel" idea, and Huckabee said it would be fine if Israel took all the biblical land.
  • TYT says big pro-Israel donors like the Ellisons, Murdochs, and Adelsons shape US policy, and the press protects them instead of reporting.
  • The hosts say real journalism means asking hard questions about a foreign government's war, not policing tone.

Outlook: Expect more public fights between independent media and legacy outlets over how Israel's war and US support for it get covered.

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