Ms Rachel Urges Wealthy White Celebrities to Match Macklemore Gaza Donation
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What happened
On or around Wednesday–Thursday of the reporting week, children’s YouTube entertainer Rachel Griffin Accurso (Ms. Rachel) posted on Instagram that she would match rapper Macklemore’s announced donation of his Loop Tour earnings with Ed Sheeran—described as $1 million—to Palestinian aid groups, and invited “every wealthy White celebrity” to match it and “speak out against the genocide in Gaza.” Macklemore (Benjamin Hammond Haggerty) said the money would go to six organizations, including the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF), HEAL Palestine, Gaza Soup Kitchen, Medical Aid for Palestinians, UNRWA USA, and ANERA; Accurso said she would give to PCRF, for which she is an ambassador. Macklemore had been dropped from Sheeran’s tour after calling for a “Free Palestine” and performing “Hind’s Hall” at MetLife Stadium, and after New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft declined to host him at Gillette Stadium. Kraft said he had already committed $2 million to Palestinian aid. Accurso cited more than 20,000 Palestinian children killed and argued celebrity silence would not hold if the children were White.
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ONE-SIDED THIS WEEK.
Only right-leaning outlets have covered this story in the last two days;
The Hill reported it on 2026-09-17.
Omitted — what each side leaves out
Unpacked
Right-leaning coverage reports that Ms. Rachel pledged to match Macklemore's donation to Palestinian groups and invited "every wealthy White celebrity" to do the same. That appeal, and her description of the war as genocide, appear in Fox News and Daily Wire. Those outlets disagree on the money and on her racial argument. Robert Kraft had already committed two million dollars to Palestinian aid, a detail Fox News includes and Daily Wire skips. Her claim that celebrity silence would break if the dead children were White appears only in Fox News. Iranian outlet Al Mayadeen promoted Macklemore's feud, a thread only Breitbart adds. Left-leaning coverage has not reported the story. A reader there would miss that a children's YouTube star made a race-specific call for celebrities to fund Gaza groups after Macklemore was cut from Ed Sheeran's tour.
Has Ms. Rachel's matching gift actually been paid, and did any wealthy White celebrity match it?
Bottom line
Left-leaning outlets have not reported Ms. Rachel's invitation to "every wealthy White celebrity" to match a Gaza donation. Fox News put that ask next to Kraft's existing two million dollars in Palestinian aid.
The receipts — 3 facts one side's coverage lacks
- Accurso serves as an ambassador for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund
- Accurso liked a comment that read "Free America from the Jews" and later said it was accidental
- Rabbi Yaakov Menken said Accurso had nothing to say about Israeli children being held hostage until seven months later
The Right View
Fox News, The Daily Wire, and Breitbart treated Accurso’s race-specific invite and “genocide” language as the news, tying it to Macklemore’s removal from the Sheeran tour and Kraft’s stadium ban. They reported her matching pledge, the named NGOs, her 20,000-children figure, and her claim that treating some children’s deaths as less worthy of outrage is racist. All three flagged prior controversies: Accurso liked a comment reading “Free America from the Jews,” which she later said was accidental and denounced; Macklemore once wore a large-nose costume critics called a Jewish caricature and later apologized. Fox quoted Rabbi Yaakov Menken (Coalition for Jewish Values) arguing her focus on Gaza versus other child-malnutrition crises, and noted Bill Maher’s criticism of Macklemore. Daily Wire stressed the “invite comes with a color.” Breitbart added that Iran-aligned outlet Al Mayadeen amplified Macklemore’s feud with Sheeran.
Our Take (balanced)
The story is substantive on the public acts: named people, dated Instagram posts, a stated $1 million pledge, named charities, and a documented tour/stadium cancellation. Accurso’s exact wording—“every wealthy White celebrity”—and her genocide/casualty claims are on the record and checkable against her posts. What is established is the statements and the tour fallout, not that donations have cleared, that the 20,000 figure is independently verified here, or that “genocide” is a settled legal finding. Macklemore’s and Accurso’s gifts remain announced pledges until transfers are confirmed; Kraft’s $2 million claim is his statement. Past antisemitism-adjacent incidents are reported with the parties’ apologies or accident claims attached, not as adjudicated facts. No left-leaning outlet has reported this. Watch for bankable confirmation of the donations, PCRF or other NGO receipts, whether Accurso’s post is edited or deleted, and any on-record replies from the celebrities she addressed.
3 sources
- Ms Rachel urges 'every wealthy White celebrity' to match Macklemore's donation to Palestinian causes
- Ms. Rachel Calls For Gaza Donations. But Her Invite Comes With A Color.
- YouTube Children’s Show Star Ms Rachel Demands 'Every Wealthy White Celebrity' Match Macklemore's Donation to Palestinian Groups
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