House report: APA leaders ignored antisemitism
A congressional investigation alleges the American Psychological Association failed to confront prejudice within its ranks.
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Chairman Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) speaks at a House Committee on Education and Workforce hearing on Capitol Hill.
Photograph: Inside Higher Ed (embedded from source)
What this story says
- A House of Representatives committee report accuses the American Psychological Association (APA) of fostering antisemitism through its activities.
- The report alleges that APA leaders ignored prejudice and allowed antisemitism to grow within the organization.
- Criticism includes the APA's statement on the Oct. 7 Hamas attack for not using the word 'terrorism' and for allegedly downplaying the event.
- The APA's president and CEO have rejected the findings of the House report.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 8 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 5 of the 13 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
50/100
Craft
60/100
Hype
45/100
13 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
Only 1 of the 8 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
A report released by a House of Representatives committee has accused the American Psychological Association (APA) of perpetuating antisemitism. The committee's investigation alleges that APA leaders ignored prejudice and allowed antisemitism to fester within the organization. The report criticizes the APA's statement regarding the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, stating it did not use the word 'terrorism' and allegedly downplayed the event. Some APA members reportedly resisted creating an ethnic psychological association for Jews, citing 'white privilege'.
Disagreement on APA's response
The APA's president and CEO have rejected the findings of the House report. According to a digest from VINnews, they stated the APA had held listening sessions with Jewish psychologists. A digest from NewsFinale also reported the APA president and CEO dismissed the findings, stating the organization had held listening sessions with Jewish psychologists.
What the coverage left out
None of the right-rated digests mention the specific criticism that APA leaders ignored prejudice and allowed antisemitism to fester within the organization, as stated in the Inside Higher Ed report. The digests also do not detail the APA's statement about the Oct. 7 Hamas attack not using the word 'terrorism' or allegedly downplaying the event, which was a specific point in the Inside Higher Ed report.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 4 times, most recently on 1 Nov 2026, 15:45, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
1 rated outlet
- The left-rated report from Inside Higher Ed, which included the full report, led with the accusation that the American Psychological Association (APA) was perpetuating antisemitism through its organizational activities. It detailed the House Education and Workforce Committee's findings, quoting committee chair Tim Walberg stating that APA leaders "allowed antisemitism to fester." The report also noted criticism of the APA's statement on the Oct. 7 Hamas attack for not using the word 'terrorism' and for allegedly downplaying the event. It mentioned that some APA members resisted creating an ethnic psychological association for Jews due to claims of 'white privilege'.
Centre
1 rated outlet
- The centre-rated report from The Times of Israel highlighted that the American Psychological Association (APA) allegedly brushed off antisemitism complaints, according to a US House report. It focused on the report's exposure of internal emails from the psychologists' group that allegedly showed leadership mocking Jewish concerns and consulting with anti-Zionists about the response to the October 7 attacks.
Right
6 rated outlets
- The right-rated reports focused on the accusation that anti-Israel activists had co-opted the American Psychological Association (APA). Multiple digests stated that the House panel said the APA allowed antisemitism to flourish and anti-Israel activists to hijack the organization. Reports noted that Jewish members who sought to establish their own ethnic psychological association faced objections that Jews benefited from white privilege. The digests also mentioned that APA leaders dropped terrorism language after Oct. 7 and resisted Jewish psychologists’ requests for recognition, according to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce report. The APA's president and CEO rejected the findings.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover House report: APA leaders ignored antisemitism?
- Of the 8 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 13% are rated left, 12% are rated centre, 75% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 13. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is House report: APA leaders ignored antisemitism left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 8 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of House report: APA leaders ignored antisemitism biased?
- House report: APA leaders ignored antisemitism is one event reported by 13 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting House report: APA leaders ignored antisemitism?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered House report: APA leaders ignored antisemitism?
- 13 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What is the main accusation against the American Psychological Association?
- A House of Representatives committee report accuses the American Psychological Association (APA) of perpetuating antisemitism through its organizational activities. The report alleges that APA leaders ignored prejudice and allowed antisemitism to fester within the organization.
- How did the APA respond to the House report?
- The APA's president and CEO have rejected the findings of the House report. They stated that the APA had held listening sessions with Jewish psychologists and dismissed the report's allegations.
- What specific criticisms were made about the APA's statement on the Oct. 7 attack?
- The House report criticizes the APA's statement about the Oct. 7 Hamas attack for not using the word 'terrorism' and for allegedly downplaying the event. Internal communications reportedly show leaders dropped terrorism language after Oct. 7.
Read it at the source
13 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
1Centre
1Right
6- House Report Accuses American Psychological Association of Antisemitism; Leadership Rejects Findings (opens VINnews in a new tab)
- American Psychological Association rejects House report on antisemitism (opens New York Post in a new tab)
New York Post — is New York Post biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Anti-Israel activists have ‘co-opted’ American Psychological Association, House panel says (opens WIN in a new tab)
- ‘Heartbreaking’ findings in House report on Jew-hatred within American Psychological Association, psychologists say (opens Cleveland Jewish News in a new tab)
Cleveland Jewish News — is Cleveland Jewish News biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Anti-Israel activists have ‘co-opted’ American Psychological Association, House panel says (opens Jewish News Syndicate in a new tab)
Jewish News Syndicate — is Jewish News Syndicate biased? Our profile of this outlet
- House report finds American Psychological Association leadership ‘repeatedly failed to confront antisemitism’ (opens Jewish Insider in a new tab)
Jewish Insider — is Jewish Insider biased? Our profile of this outlet
Not rated
5- American Psychological Association Rejects U.S. House Report on Antisemitism (opens NewsFinale in a new tab)
NewsFinale — is NewsFinale biased? Our profile of this outlet
- ‘Heartbreaking’ Findings in House Report on Jew-hatred Within American Psychological Association, Psychologists Say (opens Washington Jewish Week in a new tab)
Washington Jewish Week — is Washington Jewish Week biased? Our profile of this outlet
- ‘Heartbreaking’ Findings in House Report on Jew-hatred Within American Psychological Association, Psychologists Say (opens Baltimore Jewish Times in a new tab)
Baltimore Jewish Times — is Baltimore Jewish Times biased? Our profile of this outlet
- House Republican Staff Report Alleges APA Failed to Address Antisemitism (opens virtualjerusalem.com in a new tab)
virtualjerusalem.com — is virtualjerusalem.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- EXPLOSIVE HOUSE REPORT: Congressional Investigation Accuses American Psychological Association of Allowing Antisemitism to Flourish and Anti-Israel Activists to Hijack Organization (opens matzav.com in a new tab)
matzav.com — is matzav.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
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