Our seventh annual recognition of the most skewed and biased coverage of the Mideast conflict. What a year of surprises. Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip. Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas talked peace in the presence of Saudi and Syrian dignitaries. BBC journalist Alan Johnston was held hostage for nearly four months. When Israel struck […]

November 26, 2007 CAMERA by Gilead Ini The Wall Street Journal is typically considered a source of solid, accurate coverage of the Arab-Israeli conflict. However, readers opening that newspaper on Nov. 20 found a story (“Checkpoints Splinter Palestinian Economy”) focused on checkpoints in the West Bank so biased against Israeli perspectives it could have been taken from […]

by Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook - October 9, 2007 The Palestinian Authority (Fatah) daily newspaper’s political cartoon today illustrated a prayer for the killing of Americans. A Muslim is shown kneeling in prayer facing a US B-2 Stealth Bomber. The words of his prayer are encased in missiles aimed at Americans: “Allah, scatter them!” “And turn […]

By: Jason Maoz, Senior Editor Jewish Press Wednesday, October 17, 2007 Television has long been the nation’s predominant shaper of public opinion, the supreme arbiter of tastes and trends, the ultimate barometer of what’s popular and what’s not. […]

October 3, 2007 by Myron Kaplan Nearly all Israel-related articles appearing in the National Geographic Society’s famous magazine in the past 15 years have contained falsified history and partisan political statements disparaging the Jewish nation. The trend continues on NG’s popular cable TV channel with a flawed documentary, Secrets of Jerusalem’s Holiest Sites. The […]

This summer marks the 25th anniversary of Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon. For those who labor under the mistaken assumption that media liberals and leftists turned against Israel because of its handling of the two Palestinian intifadas, or because of what they perceive to be the neoconservative hold on the Bush White House (particularly during Bush’s […]

Christiane Amanpour’s six-hour documentary special creates controversy. A major documentary series by Christiane Amanpour aired on CNN from August 22-24. “God’s Warriors”, which began by focusing on the Jewish religion, followed by Islam and Christianity, has provoked a great deal of criticism. Please click to see the first part - “Jewish Warriors” and view for yourself […]

CNN’s “God’s Warriors,” hosted by Christiane Amanpour, is a three-part series intended to examine the growing role of religious fundamentalism in today’s world. Unfortunately, the first program in the series, “God’s Jewish Warriors,” is one of the most grossly distorted programs to appear on mainstream American television in many years. It is false in its […]

by Paula R. Stern Israeli journalists are losing their way. According to Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, “Journalism’s ultimate purpose is to inform the reader… and never to permit the serving of special interests.” When journalists make and shape news, rather than report it, they lose their right to claim a place in this profession, and the public in […]

Hamas is aided and abetted by another mainstream US newspaper. The publication of Hamas op-eds in both the New York Times and Washington Post provoked an outcry. Not wishing to be outdone by its illustrious rivals, the LA Times gives free propaganda to Hamas in a July 10 op-ed by Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzouk. We […]