NPR Ombudsman’s Response to CAMERA Falls Short
NPR ombudsman Edward Schumacher-Matos agrees with CAMERA on some points regarding Sheera Frenkel's flawed broadcast. But failing to call for corrections suggests a negative trend backwards.
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NPR ombudsman Edward Schumacher-Matos agrees with CAMERA on some points regarding Sheera Frenkel's flawed broadcast. But failing to call for corrections suggests a negative trend backwards.
NPR Jaffa Story Alleges Israeli Plot to Eradicate Arabs
Sheera Frenkel's NPR story, based on distortions and omissions, charges Israel with a purported agenda "to have a purely Jewish state and to get rid of all Palestinians, the ones in the West Bank and in Israel," as one interviewee puts it. NPR Execs Dine with Fake Islamists
National Public Radio officials lunched with men they believed were potential big donors affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. The "Islamists" were actually self-described "citizen journalists" making a sting video. NPR's Ron Schiller and Betsy Liley chuckled at the "National Palestinian Radio" description and sat through insinuations of undue Jewish influence in the media.
Time to Enforce Balance at PBS, NPR
USA Today (online, March 4) published CAMERA's call, by Washington director Eric Rozenman, for public broadcasting to finally conduct mandatory objectivity and balance oversight of NPR and PBS. On NPR, Israel is Accused With No Defense Allowed
On Jan. 20, NPR presented yet another report exemplifying its bias on the Arab Israeli conflict: A human interest story, devoid of essential facts and context, focused entirely on Palestinian grievances, with no Israeli voice, nor the reporter herself, providing a perspective, explanation or caveat on Israel's behalf. Obsessing Over Israel, NPR Glosses Over Plight of African Migrants
NPR listeners, who are steeped in coverage critical of Israel's policy toward migrants, would be forgiven for knowing nothing of the startling number of African migrants raped, beaten and tortured by Egyptians. For NPR, this story is apparently not worth telling. Juan Williams and NPR’s Taxpayer Funding
After NPR fired Juan Williams, its leader Vivian Schiller defended her network, in part, by claiming that it's a purely private organization that gets essentially "zero" taxpayer funding. This claim is blatantly false – NPR could not survive without taxpayer funding. NPR’s On Point Stacks the Deck Against Israel – As Usual
NPR On Point segment reminds us why has been called National Palestine Radio. Tom Ashbrook hosts five guests to discuss the flotilla incident, not one is sympathetic to Israel. In Wake of Flotilla, NPR Coverage is Listing
NPR news analyst Daniel Schorr brands Israel's blockade of Hamas a "blockade of hate," while colleague Sheera Frankel ignores Erdogan's endorsement of Hamas. Tilted Gaza reports ignore Israeli offers to deliver flotilla aid, including concrete, and Hamas' refusal. On the Lookout for Bias at NPR
Although NPR coverage of Israel is not as slanted as it once was, recent examples of bias, like the piece on illegal construction in East Jerusalem by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro, show that old habits die hard.