Washington Post

Media Miss a ‘Core Issue’

Israel's security requirements are one of the most important 'core issues' to be discussed by Israeli and Palestinian negotiators. Many journalists, however, downplay Israel's security needs by wrongly omitting them from lists of core issues.

WASHINGTON POST-WATCH: Half Full, Half Empty at the Post

A page one feature treating Israelis as human beings, an editorial criticizing Egypt and Saudi Arabia, a photo feature highlighting Lebanese civilian casualties that never mentions Hezbollah. Plus Orwellian language on Hamas: The Washington Post at work.

Washington Post-Watch: A Cover-Up in Plain Sight

Washington Post coverage of a Virginia Muslim leader's resignation from a panel on immigration for pro-jihad declarations was a textbook example of a) gullibility, b) partisanship, or c) some combination of the two.

WASHINGTON POST-WATCH: Old Habits Die Hard, If at All

The Washington Post's coverage of Arab-Israeli news continued to fall short in September. The Post's chronic pattern of prettifying Palestinians while giving Israel short shrift continued. So did the paper's newer pattern of informative, balanced Arab-Israeli editorials, making an informative contrast.

WASHINGTON POST-WATCH: The Post Looks at Islam, and Blinks

Islam's relationship with the United States — as American as hot dogs, apple pie and shish kabob? That was general view offered in The Washington Post's July 22 Sunday "Outlook" section, which begged one difficult question after another.