Whitewashing a Terrorist
The controversial release of terrorist Samir Kuntar as part of a recent prisoner exchange between Israel and Hizballah has been accompanied by an effort by some media to whitewash his actions. Los Angeles Times
The controversial release of terrorist Samir Kuntar as part of a recent prisoner exchange between Israel and Hizballah has been accompanied by an effort by some media to whitewash his actions. Problems in Reporting the Israel-Hezbollah Exchange
The prisoner exchange between Hezbollah and Israel was accompanied by heavy media coverage of the actual deal as well as related events. Not all of the mainstream coverage is accurate. CAMERA Letter in Los Angeles Times on Gaza’s borders
CAMERA's letter in the Los Angeles Times corrects a news article which wrongly reported that "Israel sealed Gaza's borders." CAMERA Prompts LA Times Correction on Gaza Electricity
Seven weeks after CAMERA first provided the Los Angeles Times details documenting an error about electricity cuts to the Gaza Strip, the paper today ran a correction. CAMERA Letter in Los Angeles Times on Sabeel
The letter points out that "If Rev. Dr. Ateek's [left] approach to peacemaking is 'theologically correct,' as he asserts, then we must be living in the Middle Ages." Study: On Nation’s Op-Ed Pages, Israel’s Voice is Stifled
A 19-month CAMERA study of guest Op-Eds about the Arab-Israeli conflict in the Washington Post, New York Times and Los Angeles Times found that pro-Arab Op-Eds and/or those critical of Israel overwhelmingly outnumbered pro-Israel Op-Eds and/or those critical of Arabs. No Op-Ed by an Israeli official appeared, though there were four Op-Eds by Arab officials. Study: The LA Times Op-Eds: Provocative? Yes. Balanced? No
Palestinian Workers’ Strike Causes Fuel Shortages, LA Times Myopia
A Palestinian workers' strike caused fuel shortages at hospitals and water plants, but the LA Times' Richard Boudreaux blamed only Israel and ignored its pledge not to interfere with food, medicine and fuel. UPDATED: More propaganda from the Los Angeles Times
“Pistol-toting” Israeli settlers who allegedly “covet” and “steal” Palestinian land are a trope for some western reporters, including Richard Boudreaux of the Los Angeles Times, as exemplified by his Dec. 27th front page story “A West Bank struggle rooted in land.” LA Times runs Anti-Semitic Cartoon with Inflammatory Op-Ed
A Los Angeles Times op-ed by Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer spewed more of the authors anti-Israel inaccuracies and was accompanied by an anti-Semitic cartoon more at home in a neo-Nazi publication than a supposedly major newspaper.