On its website, the PBS News Hour has a fundraising pitch claiming “Independent journalism takes investment.” That’s a hoot! It’s apparent on most nights that the News Hour is not at all “independent,” but sounds like MS NOW, like a publicity wagon for Democrats. Take anchorman Geoff Bennett’s wiffle-ball interview with Rahm Emanuel, a potential 2028 president candidate.
The first question was open-ended: “In your speech to Israelis, you said the relationship between the U.S. and Israel needs a new direction. What more, in your view, needs to change?”
The second question wasn’t actually a question, it was a “say more” prompt: “This 23-state solution, normalizing relations between Israel and the Arab League tied to Palestinian statehood, say more about why you think that would be more successful than the two-state diplomacy that has failed for decades.”
This answer is the worst one, that somehow the Arab League has failed three times to get the Palestinians to accept peace with Israel, but Emanuel is somehow hopeful that maybe it won’t be refused a fourth time. Keep hope alive? That’s the “realistic” foreign policy?
The third question, another tee-ball: “You said that Israel’s conduct in Gaza has been reckless and careless with Palestinian life. What should the U.S. have done differently while that war was under way?”
Then came the gentle Democratic Party inquiry:
On PBS News Hour, Geoff Bennett the Butler cues up Rahm Emanuel to suggest the collapse of support for Israel in America isn’t a Democratic Party problem, it’s a Netanyahu problem. He’s crashed the car. He’s wrecked the relationship. pic.twitter.com/QvV6vEZYfb
— Tim Graham (@TimJGraham) July 10, 2026
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