CBS
Coverage of Unwitting Palestinian Boy-Bomber
Bob Simon Not Fenced In By Facts
Media Flouting Journalistic Ethics No “Work Accident”
In their evening broadcasts of June 22, ABC and NBC reported as fact that Israel killed three Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, despite the fact that the circumstances surrounding their deaths were disputed.
CBS’ 60 Minutes Exposes “The Arafat Papers”
On Sunday, September 29, 2002, 60 Minutes broadcast a highly informative segment (see transcript below) called “The Arafat Papers.” In it, the network allowed Israel to present evidence from documents found in Arafat's compound proving that Iran and Iraq have provided planning, training and funding for some of the many Palestinian terrorist attacks inside Israel and the territories.
Thumbs Down to David Hawkins
THUMBS DOWN to David Hawkins of CBS Evening News for his unbalanced July 15, 2001 broadcast on house demolitions, which is rife with factual errors and distortions.
Review of 60 Minutes’ “Israel’s Hit Squads”
Thumbs Down to Bob Simon
THUMBS DOWN to CBS' Bob Simon for abandoning journalistic rules requiring impartiality in two recent reports on Intifadah II.