In yet another case of its promoting extreme anti-Israel views, America's most influential public radio network gave a platform to Allegra Pacheco on Weekend Edition Sunday (October 29) - where in an uninterrupted monologue, Pacheco denounced Israel as an apartheid, Jim Crow nation and excoriated Israel for policies that are routine in virtually every country in the world.
Although NPR has been provided detailed documentation regarding inaccuracy in numerous of its broadcasts, the network has neither addressed the substantive criticism nor issued corrections. This disregard for factual rigor and public accountability violate NPR's own guidelines.
The media have ignored the Israeli publications which promote humane images of Arabs, and, far more importantly, have turned a blind eye to the systematic incitement to hatred of Jews and Israel sponsored by the Palestinian Authority in PA schools.
NPR reporters have consistently misrepresented the Wye agreements and accused Israel of imposing "tough pre-conditions" when Israeli officials have insisted on Palestinian adherence to the accords.
Israel's 50th anniversary with its outpouring of media coverage has been a numbing reminder of journalism's herd instinct, the tendency of reporters to imitate one another, repeating the same themes and citing the same experts...
BOSTON — Calling for Congressional investigation into what it termed "anti-Israel propaganda" broadcast by National Public Radio, CAMERA announced today it will submit a complaint about the network to members of the Senate and House Committees that oversee public networks and to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the agency that dispenses tax dollars to public networks.
BOSTON—Citing pervasive misinformation in the media as well as in US policymaking circles about Arab building in Jerusalem, CAMERA released a study documenting extensive housing construction in Arab neighborhoods of the city.
