The New York Times appeared to quietly change a headline that initially blamed a « flood of pro-Israel money » for the defeat of Rep. Jamaal Bowman.
The New York Times appeared to quietly change a headline about a « flood of pro-Israel money » leading to Tuesday’s lopsided primary defeat of Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y.
Bowman, an outspoken critic of Israel, suffered a double-digit primary defeat on Tuesday to Westchester County Executive George Latimer, a pro-Israel moderate Democrat. The race was defined in part by the bitter schism within the party over Israel and its war in Gaza since the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack.
The New York Times’ initial headline about Bowman’s loss, « Bowman Falls in House Primary, Overtaken by Flood of Pro-Israel Money », was quickly criticized on social media.
« The New York Times is blaming the Jews for Jamaal Bowman’s loss », conservative radio host Ari Hoffman wrote on X to accompany a screengrab of the headline. « Did you guys consider that he was a crappy congressman? »
The Times edited the headline to, « Bowman Falls to Latimer in a Loss for Progressive Democrats.
