Washington Post

Lies, Damn Lies, and Polls

Hamas EmblemA number of authors have claimed that Israelis support negotiating with Hamas. But the poll they cite is both deeply flawed and contradicted by a much more extensive and credible poll published at the same time.

WASHINGTON POST-WATCH: Simple Story, Simplistic Coverage

The  Washington Post’s coverage of a June 5, 2008 Palestinian terrorist attack that killed an Israeli was simplistic and inadequate. Unlike  the New York Times' article on the event, the Post  lacked or obscured basic detail and implied a false moral equivalence between Israelis and their murderers.

WASHINGTON POST WATCH: Post Sees Israel’s Birth Through Arab Eyes

The Washington Post ostensibly showcased Israel's 60th birthday with a top-center, page-one article. The article actually showcased a chronic distortion in Post Arab-Israeli coverage: filtering  the Jewish state through the fun house mirror of Palestinian Arab beliefs.

Insisting on an Error: The Washington Post – Infallible, or Just in Denial?

The headline over Washington Post Ombudsman Deborah Howell's April 20 column read, "Was 'Excluded' the Wrong Word?" The column itself proved that it was, and yet the ombudsman did not find that a correction was necessary to the assertion that "except for a relatively small Druze population," Israel excludes its Arab citizens from military service.