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Public disputes concerning news and entertainment media, ownership, mergers, editorial decisions, reporting, and media institutions.
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2 statements on this page. Dates: July 1, 2026 to August 26, 2026
2 matching statements. Dates: July 1, 2026 to August 26, 2026
2 published statements. Dates: July 1, 2026 to August 26, 2026
1 published statement. Dates: July 1, 2026
1 statement on this page. Dates: July 1, 2026
Role at the time: Co-host, Breaking Points; co-founder, Drop Site News
Statement summary
On Breaking Points, Ryan Grim said leaked footage from an Israeli command room on October 7 shows officials accepting that abducted Israelis could be hit, and that a tank shelled a kibbutz house with hostages inside.
“Now we have this footage of them basically saying just do it, and if you hit the people who, the Israelis who were abducted, that's part of it.”
Breaking Points segment in which Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky discuss footage from an Israeli command room on October 7. Quotations were transcribed from the video, with repeated words removed.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)The reference point is Israeli fire on October 7, 2023, under or in the manner of the Hannibal Directive, that put Israeli captives at risk of being killed by Israeli forces. Grim asserts that Israeli forces knowingly fired on Israelis, including hostages, and presents the footage as evidence of a Hannibal-style order, which condemns the conduct. The closest competing label is Mixed or conditional, but he states the claims without qualification.
1 published statement. Dates: August 26, 2026
1 statement on this page. Dates: August 26, 2026
Role at the time: Journalist and host
Response to this claim
Piker’s wording encouraged or justified violence against American Jews.
“this week’s blatant and deliberate twisting of Hasan Piker’s words”
Grim directly disputes the prevailing critical characterization of the passage.
The statement disputes the accuracy and good faith of the prevailing critical interpretation.
