{
  "id": 5590543,
  "title": "‘Fauda’ Creator Calls Mark Ruffalo a ‘Rare Combination’ of ‘Stupid’ and ‘Ignorant’ After His Viral Statement on Paramount: ‘Do You Understand What It Means, “Genocide”?’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/fauda-creator-calls-mark-ruffalo-a-rare-combination-of-stupid-and",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-04T15:44:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/politics/global/fauda-creator-mark-ruffalo-genocide-remarks-1236851588/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "“Fauda” creator Avi Issacharoff has criticized Mark Ruffalo’s interpretation of the Israel-Hamas conflict, including his repeated claims of “genocide” in Gaza. “Mark Ruffalo saying ‘Genocide, genocide.’ Then you know that there’s a kind of people that are ignorant, there are some people that are stupid. He’s a rare combination of those two,” Issacharoff said during […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "Creator of Netflix’s ‘Fauda’ Attacks Mark Ruffalo Over Gaza Genocide Remarks, Citing Aid and Birth Figures",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/creator-of-netflixs-fauda-attacks-mark-ruffalo-over-gaza-genocide",
        "published": "2026-09-04T18:05:35.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}