The PBS current affairs program Amanpour & Co. hosted the invariably self-assured long-time New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman on Thursday, a journalist who fancies himself an expert on foreign policy. He has dispensed advice to presidents and more recently opined on the Israel-Hamas war with dubious suggestions, like giving Hamas a “free pass” to escape to the Hamas-stronghold of Qatar after releasing the hostages.
Reporter Walter Isaacson spoke to Friedman about the Israel-Hamas was and Friedman unleashed some harsh criticism of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But then things took a surprising and welcome turn, as Friedman criticized journalists’ double standards in its war coverage.
Isaacson: One metric in a situation like this is, are you creating more terrorists than you’re killing? Do you think the response by Israel is…
