‘Misinformation and lies’: Story exposes ABC as ‘easy to fool’

Sky News host Andrew Bolt has reacted to a story which shows how easy it is to “fool” the ABC and “whip up a mob to hate” Israel and Jewish people. Arrests have been made after a Burgertory restaurant owned by a pro-Palestine activist was set on fire in Caulfield in Melbourne’s southeast last year. Moorabbin Investigation and Response Inspector Scott Dwyer said the attack was unrelated to the owner of the store, Hash Tayeh’s pro-Palestine activism. Mr Bolt said Mr Tayeh, however, before the arrests were made, told protesters in Melbourne he was a “martyr” who was being “intimidated for opposing Israel”. “The ABC seemed so impressed by this story of poor Hash Tayeh that it selected him to ask a question on Q and A, broadcast around the country, again posing as a victim of a hate crime,” he said. Mr Bolt said “plot twist” for the ABC and the left as there is “no evidence” that the two perpetrators are Jewish activists or pro-Israel extremists. “Agendas. Agendas. And this agenda seems to me to rely an awful lot on conspiracy theories, misinformation and lies,” he said.