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The Truth Gets Its Shoes On

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Cars drive in front of New York Times newspaper company sign above the entrance to their corporate headquarters in Times Square, Manhattan, N.Y., January 27, 2023. Inset: Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, a 1.5-year-old child in Gaza City, Gaza, July 21, 2025.

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Dozens of marginally curious media outlets and institutions had caught onto the lie promulgated by the New York Times long before the New York Times got around to acknowledging it.

Late Tuesday, the Times finally got around to clearing the caked and dried egg off its face.

Noah Rothman

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Noah Rothman

Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.

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