Links to reports from ScheerPost and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials. (Scroll up for today’s LEBANON, GAZA and IRAN so far, and down for MEDIA 5-29-26.) — MCM

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FROM MAY 29  Balancing act at the New York Times: Nicholas Kristof wrote about Israel’s sexual torture of prisoners, the next day Isabel Kershner penned more unverified rape allegations against Hamas, by Robin Andersen | ScheerPost  The New York Times attempted to ‘balance’ Nicholas Kristof’s documentation of the systematic rape of Palestinians by Israeli forces with yet another unverified rape ‘investigation’ claiming that Hamas had weaponized sexual violence on October 7. READ MORE . . .

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FROM MAY 30  Literary events around the world celebrate the poet Allen Ginsberg’s 100th birthday. Reported by Tom Vitale | NPR  Beat poet Allen Ginsberg’s 100th birthday is being marked by celebrations around the world — an appreciation of his importance to poetry and how his influence on the medium continues. Click HERE to listen and read.

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