Overview

• British journalist Piers Morgan on X questioned why pro-Israel voices accept Hamas’s hostage videos but reject its Gaza casualty numbers.
• The post drew swift online condemnation, with critics accusing Morgan of a false equivalence and a lack of empathy.
• Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli publicly denounced the remarks as “utterly disgusting.”
• Users turned to xAI’s Grok chatbot, which outlined that hostage videos are often corroborated by families and intelligence while casualty statistics have a history of inflation.
• The episode has reignited debates over media bias, propaganda strategies and the reliability of conflict-related information sources.