Ruby Hamad lies about me

Michael Brull
Sep 6, 2018 · 2 min read

So in this tweet, Ruby Hamad makes factual claims about something I wrote.

Note — there are quotation marks, indicating a quote. And for some reason — readers can guess why — no link to where I supposedly made this strange claim.

This is a fabrication.The story in question from that time is here. There is no “Muslim issues” quote, because Hamad made it up.

The story in question is about a study by One Path, showing that in the Murdoch press there were almost 3000 pieces on Islam or Muslims in a year portraying them in a negative way. There’s also a roster of hardcore opinion columnists churning that stuff out.

I observed — rather obviously — that there’s no one with a platform like Bolt or Panahi who can write dozens of columns a year responding to Islamophobic attacks rather than advancing them. It’s not hard to follow this very simple point.

Or in Hamad’s rendering, “ New Matilda & Michael Brull have declared no Muslims have written about ‘Muslim issues’ for Fairfax.” Naturally, Hamad didn’t link to this claim, because it is a blatant fabrication.

Screenshot posted below, just in case the tweet disappears

Yes, she also claimed the article… was an attack on Fairfax. I do not have time to chronicle all of Hamad’s lies.
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