Under Fire for Bias, Haaretz Editor Aluf Benn Lashes Out, Errs on Facts
Haaretz editor Aluf Benn again attempts to deflect criticism of skewed and inaccurate translations in Haaretz's English edition, and encounters increasing public ire. AP
Haaretz editor Aluf Benn again attempts to deflect criticism of skewed and inaccurate translations in Haaretz's English edition, and encounters increasing public ire. Top Ten MidEast Media Mangles for 2015
This year, the media have blundered all too many times in reporting on the Middle East. There were, unfortunately, countless potential "winners," but after careful consideration, CAMERA has identified the media's ten biggest bungles.
UPDATED: AP, NYT Headlines Cast Palestinian Attackers as Victims, Ignore Dead Israelis
Update: AP has amended its headline.After a Palestinian stabbing attack and the police response killed two Israelis and two Palestinians, an Associated Press headline ignored the Israeli deaths, and cast the attackers as victims.
AP’s Sub-Laban Eviction Story Spotlights Journalistic Failure
AP casts the looming eviction of the Sub-Laban family as a narrative of Jewish encroachment in Jerusalem's Muslim Quarter. Only after CAMERA's intervention, does AP add information giving a different picture. When PA Talking Points Become AP Talking Points
The inconsistencies in today's AP piece are all too consistent: Throughout, Israeli concerns are minimized as claims by "hard-liners," while Palestinian concerns are recited in the journalists voice. Facts supporting Israeli concerns are downplayed relative those preferred by Palestinian leaders.
Wave of Palestinian Violence Accompanied by Spate of Bad Writing
As terror attacks continue to shake Israel, journalists and headline writers seem to be doing their best to obscure the reality of the Palestinian stabbings, and even to cast attackers as victims of arbitrary Israeli violence. Grudging AP Clarification on Israel’s Christians Falls Short
A Sept. 6 AP story claimed the Christian population in Israel and the disputed territories has "shrunk" in recent decades. A subsequent clarification acknowledged growth of the population since 1948 but offered more obfuscation.
AP Corrects: Holy See Not Signed On to Palestinian Flag Proposal at U.N.
CAMERA prompts correction of an AP article which wrongly identified the Holy See with a Palestinian proposal to have the Palestinian and Vatican flags raised at U.N. headquarters. In fact, the Holy See requested that any mention of the Vatican be removed. AP Corrects: Israeli Rabbinate Does Not Control Circumcisions
CAMERA prompts an AP correction of the erroneous claim that the Israeli Rabbinate controls circumcisions. While the Orthodox body controls marriages, divorces and burials, it plays no role in circumcisions (except for those done for conversion). CAMERA Prompts AP Correction on Palestinian Return Center
Did the Palestinian Return Center twice receive consultative status at the U.N? After yesterday's article about the new development, AP corrects last month's report which had wrongly claimed that the group then achieved that status.