In Boulder, Colorado, what should have been a peaceful demonstration became the latest example of how dangerous our cultural climate has become—and how disgracefully the media handles it when the facts don’t fit the preferred narrative.
Mohamed Sabry Soliman, a 45-year-old Egyptian national who had overstayed his visa, allegedly threw Molotov cocktails at a Jewish-hosted event in April, injuring several people, including an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor. The man yelled “Free Palestine” as he launched his firebombs and later admitted he had planned the attack for over a year. If that’s not terrorism, then the word has no meaning.
But apparently, that wasn’t so obvious to the press.
NBC, in a stunning display of revisionist reporting, referred to the Jewish gathering as a “Gaza hostage awareness march,” conveniently leaving out that the crowd was made up primarily of Jewish families raising awareness about the Israeli hostages still held by Hamas. In what world does that phrase replace “Jewish Americans targeted in a terror attack”?
MSNBC, for its part, initially described the suspect as a “white male,” despite his Middle Eastern origins and clearly expressed ideology. That narrative was quietly corrected after the damage was done. These are not harmless mistakes—they are deliberate choices, and they reveal how far some outlets will go to distort reality.
Then there’s CNN, whose analyst had the nerve to call the FBI’s labeling of the event as a terror attack “juvenile.” Really? An illegal alien hurls firebombs at Jewish citizens while screaming political slogans, and the network’s concern is that we’re rushing to call it what it obviously is?
If the attacker had been a MAGA hat–wearing white man and the victims had been any other minority group, the media would’ve gone wall-to-wall with coverage, throwing around terms like “hate crime,” “domestic extremism,” and “radicalization.” But when it’s a pro-Palestinian extremist targeting Jews? Suddenly, things get very quiet.
Let’s be clear: this wasn’t a spontaneous act. It was premeditated, ideologically driven, and aimed squarely at Jewish Americans. That’s terrorism. That’s anti-Semitism. And the fact that multiple national outlets tried to bury those facts is not just a media failure—it’s complicity.
And it doesn’t end there. Boulder’s own police department refused to acknowledge that the attack was a hate crime, even after the FBI came out and said it was terrorism. What exactly are they waiting for—a manifesto?
This kind of cowardice and manipulation isn’t just dangerous—it’s corrosive. It feeds into a growing sense that some victims matter more than others depending on who attacks them. That’s not justice. That’s agenda-driven reporting, and it’s why trust in mainstream journalism is at historic lows.
What’s even more disturbing is how normalized this has become. It’s not just one network or one lazy reporter. This is systemic. It’s a culture in the media that refuses to speak plainly about anti-Semitism when it conflicts with progressive talking points.
Thankfully, there are still people willing to call it out. The American public deserves honesty. Jewish Americans deserve protection. And this country deserves a press that tells the truth—even when it’s uncomfortable.