In a recent PBS commentary, Bill Moyers presented several highly distorted statements about the crisis in Gaza and also depicted Israeli violence as a consequence of “genetic encoding.”
Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) has become the second member of Congress to remind the Corporation for Public Broadcasting that its attempt to upgrade objectivity and balance compliance must not inadvertently dilute the statute under which recipients like National Public Radio operate.
The media readily conveyed United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's condemnation of how Israel carried out its Gaza operation. But there is more to the story than meets the news consumer's eye.
Quest Productions for WETA/Washington DC
Producer/Director: Bill Jersey
Executive Producer: William Free
English, 55 minutesThis documentary, which premiered on PBS stations on November 27, 2007, reports on the clash on campus between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel activists, but is marred by crucial omissions and lack of context.
A CAMERA Op-Ed, urging the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to upgrade its objectivity and balance oversight of recipients like NPR, appeared in Hawaii's biggest newspaper when CPB board members met in Honolulu.
Produced and Directed by Andrew Goldberg
Distributed by PBS
English
60 minutesThe PBS film provides a compelling look at how widespread and virulent anti-Semitism is in the Muslim world today. The vast majority of the documentary is an eye-opening tour de force.
BBC/PBS Documentary
Produced and Directed by Norma Percy
150 minutesThis BBC documentary spares no effort to portray the Palestinians as blameless victims and the Israelis as heartless oppressors. Ignoring most Palestinian terror attacks, and blaming the eventual Israeli response to those attacks for the demise of cease-fire efforts, is just one of the many techniques used by the filmmakers in their tendentious effort to indict Israel.