URGENT: The New York Times fails catastrophically in Gaza

A child the Times said was starving last week is not. And the paper hasn't explained what happened. But this isn't about one child; it raises the question of how deep Gaza's food crisis really runs.

The New York Times appears to have spread propaganda meant to raise fears of famine in Gaza.¹

In an astonishing correction tonight, the Times said a Gaza toddler whom it had said last week suffered from malnutrition in fact had other “pre-existing health problems.”

But the vaguely worded correction does not explain a far more serious problem. As part of th…