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<i>New York Times</i> Draws Anti-Israel Lesson From Palestinian Attack
Car in which four Israelis were killed by Hamas terrorists
What does a terror attack against Israel teach us? According to the New York Times, it's that Israel is being disruptive. In its recent coverage of two deadly attacks against Israelis, the newspaper demonstrated an especially flagrant abandonment of journalistic standards, spinning coverage so as to deflect culpability for the violence away from the perpetrators.
  
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CAMERA Analyst Assesses Presbyterian General Assembly
September 3, 2010
PCUSA LogoEvents at the Presbyterian Church (USA)'s General Assembly in July indicate that movers and shakers within the denomination are starting to recognize the threat anti-Zionism poses to their church.
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Palestinian Opinion Polls Refute New York Times Negative Verdict on Gaza Blockade
September 1, 2010
NY Times columnist Nicholas Kristof asserts that the Israeli blockade has failed. Palestinian opinion polls do not support his viewpoint.
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The Incitement Double Standard: Ovadia Yosef vs PA Leadership
August 30, 2010
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's vitriolic remarks Saturday garnered major media attention. In contrast, when PA Chairman Abbas and Prime Minister Fayyad recently honored a mastermind of the Munich Massacre, the keyboards were silent.
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Ha'aretz Repeats 'Jewish-Only Apartheid Roads' Canard
August 29, 2010
Yossi Sarid, now a Ha'aretz columnist, repeats the old falsehood about "Jewish-only apartheid roads." While several media outlets have corrected the falsity, Ha'aretz editors continues to behave as if journalistic standards are meant for others, not them.
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Fareed Zakaria Casts Hezbollah as a Model of Religious Tolerance
August 26, 2010
fareed zakariaBy uncritically relaying that Hezbollah respects Jews and is opposed only to Israel’s occupation, CNN's Fareed Zakaria dramatically misinformed viewers about Hezbollah, which has repeatedly made clear its opposition to Israel’s very existence and its contempt for Jews.
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CAMERA Prompts Corrections on Palestinian Refugees
August 24, 2010
CAMERA staff elicited corrections in the New York Times and in the International Herald Tribune concerning the number of Palestinian refugees from the 1948 and 1967 wars. An article appearing in both papers grossly overstated the figure.
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How to Distort the News, In Hebrew
August 23, 2010
Israeli media outlets Ha'aretz and Ynet falsely claim that a letter from Im Tirtzu, an Israeli activist organization, demanded the firing of Ben-Gurion University professors. Ha'aretz also attributes an invented quote to a railway survey.
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AP Takes “Hard Line” Against Israeli Negotiating Position
August 19, 2010
netanyahu abbas handshakeWhy does the Associated Press insist that Israel's call for immediate and unconditional direct negotiations reflects a "hard line," when it was the Palestinian side that consistantly refused to talk until their demands were met? And how did AP describe Israel when it was the side insisting on preconditions?
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Christian Use of Jewish Voices to Defame Israel
August 18, 2010
Jeff Halper (left) is one of several Jews that Christian anti-Zionists hide behind when assailing Israel’s legitimacy. Halper was on prominent display at the PC(USA)’s 2010 General Assembly in Minneapolis.
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Christian Science Monitor Contributors Stack the Ethnic Deck
August 13, 2010
temple mount construction destructionAn article in the Christian Science Monitor suggests that both Jewish and Palestinians "deny the spirituality or the sanctity of the history of the other," but it quickly becomes apparent that the authors are concerned only with purported Jewish "denial."
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Questions for The New York Times
August 6, 2010

The Times promotes radical groups and voices leveling distorted criticism at Israel, while continuing to omit genocidal rhetoric emanating from Arab and Muslim adversaries of the Jewish state. Will Arthur Brisbane, the new public editor, address the biases?

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Washington Post Cartoonist Confuses Abbas With Netanyahu
August 4, 2010
Washington Post editorial cartoonist Tom Toles gets the Palestinian-Israeli conflict backwards in an August 2 cartoon. Toles portrays Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, as the obstacle to direct Israeli-Palestinian talks and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas as the proponent.
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Financial Times' Chris Patten - Hard on Israel, Soft on Hamas
August 2, 2010
Chris Patten, ex-governor of the former British colony of Hong Kong, is fond of using loaded terms to depict Israel as a colonizer. In this Financial Times op-ed, he condemns Israel and spares Hamas of any opprobium.
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Reena Ninan, Fox News charge Israeli land discrimination
July 30, 2010
Reena NinanFox News Jerusalem reporter Reena Ninan falsely charged Israel with land discrimination against Palestinian residents of Jerusalem, based only on claims from a radical NGO called Ir Amim (City of Nations).
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Reuters Reports False Claims, But Ignores Flotilla Facts
July 30, 2010
reuters flotillaThe role of a news organization is to uncover and report the facts, not to hide them once they have already come to light. Yet Reuters inexcusably does the latter, suggesting today that Israeli soldiers might not have been attacked on the Mavi Marmara.
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Haaretz: Amira Hass' Ideological Agenda Trumps Journalistic Integrity
July 28, 2010
Haaretz's Amira Hass provides a lesson in tendentious journalism as she distorts the facts in an article about the demolition of Palestinian homes. The skewed account has already triggered antisemitic responses throughout the internet.
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Juan Cole's Best Defense is an Angry Offensive
July 28, 2010
juan coleJuan Cole cries of a "threat to American democracy," but it's the threat to his already-battered reputation that seems to propel his angry and deceptive response to CAMERA's recent critique.
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Bias by CNN Correspondent Ben Wedeman More than Just a Tweet
July 21, 2010
CNN Senior International Correspondent Ben Wedeman recently used his Twitter account to promote an anti-Israel rant by polemicist Juan Cole. Shortly thereafter, he engaged in some biased reporting of his own, stating that east Jerusalem belongs to the Palestinians and claiming that Israel needs to be convinced to start direct negotiations with Palestinians.
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Goldstone Report Implicitly Validated by the New York Times
July 8, 2010
Yet another deceiving New York Times report about Israel misleads about the legitimacy and credibility of the Goldstone report, implying that Israel's military court has validated it, when in fact the reverse is true.
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Kristof's One-Sided Look at "Two Sides of a Fence"
July 8, 2010
In his July 1, 2010 column, "The Two Sides of a Barbed-Wire Fence," New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof blames Israel for Palestinian cave dwelling that began in 1830, conceals Israeli attempts to integrate Bedouin into towns with running water, and generally misleads readers about the conflict.
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WASHINGTON POST-WATCH: Post Trips When Bibi Meets Obama
July 8, 2010
Washington Post coverage of President Barack Obama's July 6th White House meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu omitted way too much -- especially given that it occupied most of page A-2.
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New York Times Hypes Nonstory on Nonprofits
July 7, 2010

Ethan BronnerPublishing a front-page story of almost 5000 words on contributions to US-based non-profits that focus on Israel, the New York Times sends a clear and false message to its readers: attention must be paid to the significant news we have uncovered.

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CAMERA Letter Corrects False Assertions on Flotilla in Cape Cod Times
July 1, 2010
CAMERA gets a letter published in the Cape Cod Times refuting falsehoods published in a previous letter by a resident of the Cape.
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BBC Commemorates Palestinian Nakba With a Bit of Fakery and Propaganda
June 25, 2010
BBC World News ignored Israel's Independence Day and instead focused on the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe), in a one-sided, propaganda-laced segment.
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Updated: British Methodists Throw Israel Under the Bus
June 25, 2010

Methodist CrossUpdated June 30: British Methodists approved a distorted anti-Israel report at their annual meeting in Portsmouth. They also approved a boycott of Israeli goods produced in the West Bank.

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Updated: Forbes Features Radical Professor for Commentary
June 24, 2010
UPDATED, June 29: .The online edition of Forbes magazine describes itself as being "among the most trusted resources for the world's business and investment leaders." But its June 17th online commentary, written by radical, anti-Israel professor Ian Lustick, was based in an alternate reality, so counterfactual and bizarre as to raise serious questions about the general editorial judgement at Forbes.
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Wikiwatch: Diplomat's Anti-Semitism Ignored
June 23, 2010

The entry on American diplomat and businessman Charles R. Crane demonstrates Wikipedia's unreliability.

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CAMERA's Alex Safian Interviewed on the Lisa Wexler Show
June 18, 2010
CAMERA's Alex Safian was interviewed on the top-rated Lisa Wexler Show concerning anti-Israel media bias and the Gaza Flotilla incident. The show airs on WSTC and WNLK in Fairfield County, CT
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CAMERA Letter in USA Today: Case Against Israel Built on Faulty Argument
June 17, 2010
CAMERA letter corrects the slanderous propaganda of Palestinian-American commentator who accuses Israel of "imposing itself" on the entire Middle East by claiming "ethnic supremacy."
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NPR's On Point Stacks the Deck Against Israel - As Usual
June 17, 2010
NPR On Point segment reminds us why has been called National Palestine Radio. Tom Ashbrook hosts five guests to discuss the flotilla incident, not one is sympathetic to Israel.
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National Geographic, Israel and Water: The Facts
June 16, 2010
National Geographic's Parting the Waters, about Israeli and Palestinian use of water really just parts from the truth. To cite just one of many deceptions, it leads readers to believe there are no Palestinian swimming pools – like the one pictured above, in Jenin.
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More Support for Those Calling Al Dura Broadcast a Hoax
June 15, 2010
A private French TV channel is found guilty of slander after airing a documentary accusing media monitor Philippe Karsenty of manipulating information to support the  perspective that the broadcast of Mohammed Al Dura's death on France 2 was staged. 
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Deceptive Cartoon in Cleveland Plain Dealer Elicits Negative Response
June 13, 2010
Update, June 13, 2010:  After publishing an inflammatory political cartoon that turned truth on its head by portraying those on the Gaza flotilla as innocent peace seekers and demonizing Israel as the culprit responsible for destroying the prospect of peace, the Cleveland Plain Dealer runs column about the negative reaction to the cartoon .

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CAMERA's Alex Safian Interviewed on KPFA re the Gaza Flotilla
June 11, 2010
KPFACAMERA's Associate Director Alex Safian was interviewed on radio station KPFA (Berkeley) regarding the Gaza Flotilla and the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
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CAMERA's Alex Safian Interviewed on WBZ-TV about Helen Thomas
June 11, 2010
CAMERA's Alex Safian interviewed on WBZ-TVCAMERA Associate Director Alex Safian was interviewed by Jon Keller of Boston's WBZ-TV regarding the controversial anti-Israel comments by Helen Thomas that resulted in her resignation.
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CAMERA's Dexter Van Zile on Steel On Steel Radio Show
June 11, 2010
Dexter Van ZileCAMERA's Christian Media Analyst Dexter Van Zile was interviewed on the Steel On Steel radio show about the U.S. Presbyterian Church's renewed attacks on Israel.
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CAMERA's Steve Stotsky interviewed on CNN
June 11, 2010
Steve Stotsky and CNN's Rick SanchezCAMERA Senior Research Analyst Steve Stotsky appeared on Rick's List with Rick Sanchez on CNN regarding recent Middle East events.
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NBC News Fumbled the Flotilla Story
June 9, 2010
NBC’s Nightly News "Inside Gaza" report, containing misinformation and omitting key information, gave short shrift to Israel’s perspective regarding the raid on the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara, part of the Gaza-bound six-ship cargo flotilla.
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Gun-Running Bishop in Flotilla
June 8, 2010
Retired Melkite Bishop Hilarion Capucci, who was convicted of smuggling guns to Palestinian terrorists in 1975, has participated in multiple attempts to break Israel's blockade of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.
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Huwaida Arraf's Flotilla Fable on BBC
June 8, 2010

In the world of anti-Israel propagandists, no falsehood is too transparent or easily disputed. Arraf charged Gazan babies are denied formula by Israel, when in reality tons are regularly delivered.

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Spotlight on Flotilla Spokesman Edward Peck
June 8, 2010
Former Ambassador Edward Peck has emerged as a spokesmen for the Gaza flotilla, always maintaining a reasonable-sounding demeanor while he distorts the facts. His extreme criticism of the U.S. and his tolerance of terrorist groups, however, reveal a much more radical approach.
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CAMERA Letter in Baltimore Sun: Gaza Gets Plenty of Humanitarian Aid
June 7, 2010
"Humanitarian aid desperately needed" in the Gaza Strip — so claimed an erroneous Baltimore Sun editorial. CAMERA's June 7th letter set the record straight for readers who might have been misled.
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Fauxtography at Reuters: What Was Removed?
June 7, 2010
UPDATE, June 8: Reuters Posts Original Photos, Continuing to Justify Itself. Reuters, long faulted by CAMERA for its photographic bias, and the first news agency shown to be guilty of "fauxtography," has been exposed yet again!
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Navigational Error at "Fareed Zakaria GPS"
June 7, 2010
On his CNN show "Fareed Zakaria GPS," Zakaria takes a wrong turn, falsely claiming that Israel annexed the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Also, the Turkish foreign minister dispenses falsehoods about international law and the IHH.
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Shapiro Uses News Hour to Distort Reality
June 7, 2010

Despite the efforts of host Gwen Ifill to challenge him on some key points, Free Gaza Movement leader Adam Shapiro used PBS NewsHour to propagandize on behalf of his radical organization's flotilla stunt.

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Why Helen Thomas Had to Go
June 7, 2010

When Helen Thomas told Jews to “get the hell out of Palestine,” she sullied the legacy of a man who was at the center of the struggle to stop the murder of Jews in Europe in the 1940s.

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In Wake of Flotilla, NPR Coverage is Listing
June 6, 2010
NPR news analyst Daniel Schorr brands Israel's blockade of Hamas a "blockade of hate," while colleague Sheera Frankel ignores Erdogan's endorsement of Hamas. Tilted Gaza reports ignore Israeli offers to deliver flotilla aid, including concrete, and Hamas' refusal.
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The Gaza Flotilla: Falsehoods and Facts
June 4, 2010
In the aftermath of Israel's raid on the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara, the media provided non-stop coverage with both information and misinformation. This backgrounder sorts out the facts from the falsehoods.
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Greta Berlin: Gaza Flotilla Propagandist
June 2, 2010
Greta Berlin, spokeswoman for and co-founder of the Free Gaza movement, is a radical anti-Israel activist with a background in communications and theater arts. She apparently has no compunction about distorting the facts to further her agenda.
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On Flotilla, International Herald Tribune Editors Asleep at the Helm
June 1, 2010

International Herald Tribune editors were asleep at the helm, ignoring video evidence showing violence on the part of the flotilla passengers, whitewashing IHH, and giving a distorted picture of international law.

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Gaza Flotilla Crisis Yields More Coverage, More Bias
May 31, 2010
In the aftermath of Israel's operation to prevent pro-Palestinian radicals from violating the naval blockade on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, media organizations are again focusing on Israel and its opponents in a way reminiscent of the onset of the second Palestinian "intifada."
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Hamas Charter

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Why has Hamas never ceased to target Jewish civilians within Israel even after Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip more than three years ago? The answer lies in its governing charter.

Notable Quotes
“Westerners, who tend to treat Arabs with a condescension masked as 'understanding,' may be quick to dismiss all this as a function of anger at Israeli policies and therefore irrelevant to the development of liberal politics in the Arab world. Yet a liberal movement that winds up espousing the kind of anti-Semitism that would have done the Nazis proud is, quite simply, not liberal.”
Amr Bargis and Samuel Tadros, senior partners with the Egyptian Union of Liberal Truth, in the Wall Street Journal, Oct. 29, 2009.
 
“I don't think any country would find it acceptable to have missiles raining down on the heads of their citizens. The first job of any nation-state is to protect its citizens. And so I can assure you that if ... somebody was sending rockets into my house, where my two daughters sleep at night, I'm going to do everything in my power to stop that. And I would expect Israelis to do the same thing.”
Barak Obama, July 23, 2008 press conference, Federal News Service.
 
“The government of Canada has been very clear since the beginning of this crisis that it believes that the Hamas rocketing was responsible for the initial development of this crisis and for the continuing deepening humanitarian tragedy.”
Canadian minister of foreign affairs Peter Kent, quoted by AFP.
 
“I don't think that there has ever been a time in the history of warfare when any army has made more efforts to reduce civilian casualties and deaths of innocent people than the IDF is doing today in Gaza.”
British Col. Richard Kemp, senior advisor on army issues to the British government, speaking on BBC.
 
 

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