The New York Times, one of the most influential newspapers in the world, not only influences its readers but also has significant impact on the news judgment and editorial perspective of other media. The caliber of accuracy, balance and thoroughness in this publication are therefore of particular importance.
The New York Times continues to eschew objectivity and employ a double standard in its coverage of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Our six-month study of the newspaper's coverage details how the newspaper treats Israel with a harsher standard, omits context, and shows a clear preference for the Palestinian narrative.
The New York Times published an article about a controversial opera that claims to tell the story of a terror attack in which Leon Klinghoffer -- a 69-year-old disabled American Jew was murdered in cold blood. But instead of focusing on Klinghoffer, the Times turned the opera itself into the victim.
In the weeks surrounding Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), a slew of publications used graphics as a tool to demonize Israel, relying on the cynical weaponization of Jewish trauma and visual stereotyping.
While American news outlets obsess over bashing the American and Israeli administrations for striking Iran as well as their conduct during the war, Iran is portrayed as a victim of Western aggression, rather than as the top state sponsor of terror that has long oppressed its own people.
AP carelessly reports that Israel faced fire from the Houthis in Yemen “for the first time.” In fact, the Iranian-backed terror group has previously fired hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel. The March 28 attack was the first during the Israeli-U.S. war against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Packaged as "Iran experts," the same voices are platformed all over the media echoing one another. Without letting news consumers know they are pushing pro-regime talking points, the media has allowed for the invasion of a different IRGC.
