The bias in New York Times news coverage of Israel is a routine occurrence, appearing both in obvious ways, for example, with factual distortions, and in more subtle ways, with reporters coloring news stories with opinion. (See, for example, “A Guide to NYT Advocacy Journalism: Focus on Jodi Rudoren“)
How could these stories be written without the slant? As a case in point, CAMERA rewrote a November article about sectarian conflict over the Temple to convey the story in a more journalistically objective and accurate manner.
Below we continue the exercise by presenting two versions of passages in New York Times news articles published in the past several days. The left column presents the original passage as published in the New York Times. The right column displays CAMERA’s edited version.
By Somini Sengupta, Feb. 3, 2015
His decision to resign came against a backdrop of resilient anger in the Israeli government over what it considers prejudicial attitudes at the United Nations over the Israeli military’s conduct during the Gaza conflict, in which Palestinian militants fired hundreds of rockets into Israel and the Israelis attacked targets in Gaza with bombs and missiles.
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By Peter Baker and Jodi Rudoren, Jan. 31, 2015
Boehner’s Invitation Is Aiding Obama’s Cause on Iran
By Jeremy W. Peters, Jan. 29, 2015
Three Democratic representatives were circulating a letter to the speaker among their colleagues on Wednesday. It was already picking up additional signatures.
The letter accuses the speaker of harming American foreign policy and undermining Mr. Obama… Getting lawmakers to go on the record criticizing the prime minister [of Israel] will be complicated, however, because many Democrats fear antagonizing Mr. Netanyahu, the powerful pro-Israeli interests aligned with him, and Jewish voters in their districts.
By Jodi Rudoren and Anne Barnard, Jan. 29, 2015
Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s hard-line foreign minister, who has been faltering in the polls, called for ”a very harsh and disproportionate” response.
The 2006 war, with about 1,000 Lebanese and 160 Israeli fatalities, was widely viewed as a disaster.
By Somini Sengupta, Feb. 3, 2015
His decision to resign came against a backdrop of anger in the Israeli government over what it considers prejudicial attitudes at the United Nations over the Israeli military’s conduct during the Gaza conflict, in which Palestinian terrorists fired thousands of rockets into Israel and the Israelis responded with airstrikes on targets in Gaza.
Nearly 2,200 Palestinians were killed, according to the United Nations, of which 52% were terrorists and 48% civilians, according to the Meir Amit Intelligence
and Terrorism Information Center. 100,000 buildings damaged or destroyed. On the Israeli side, six civilians and 67 soldiers were killed.
By Peter Baker and Jodi Rudoren, Jan. 31, 2015
Boehner’s Invitation Is Aiding Obama’s Cause on Iran
By Jeremy W. Peters, Jan. 29, 2015
Three Democratic representatives were circulating a letter to the speaker among their colleagues on Wednesday. It was already picking up additional signatures.
The letter accuses the speaker of harming American foreign policy and undermining Mr. Obama…The lawmakers did not go on the record to criticize the prime minister [of Israel] .
By Jodi Rudoren and Anne Barnard, Jan. 29, 2015
Avigdor Lieberman,Israel’s foreign minister from the right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party, who has been faltering in the polls, called for ”a very harsh and disproportionate” response.
The 2006 war, with about 1,000 Lebanese and 160 Israeli fatalities, is seen as having ended inconclusively.