The controversial release of terrorist Samir Kuntar as part of a recent prisoner exchange between Israel and Hizballah has been accompanied by an effort by some media to whitewash his actions.
CNN provides a disturbing glimpse into what its senior correspondent in Jerusalem wants the public to notice (Palestinian grievances and false accusations against Israel) and what he thinks people should ignore (Israeli victims and concerns).
On October 31, CNN rebroadcast "God's Jewish Warriors" for the first time since late August. While serious factual errors identified by CAMERA were addressed and many editorial changes made, the fundamentally dishonest premise of the series remains.
CAMERA's Alex Safian appeared on the FoxNews program Fox and Friends (October 18) to discuss the organization's New York Times ad about CNN's "God's Warrior's" series.
CAMERA Associate Director Alex Safian appeared this morning on the FoxNews program Fox and Friends to discuss the errors and bias of the CNN series "God's Warriors."
Christiane Amanpour gained fame by using her role as a journalist to advocate on behalf of Bosnian Muslims who she believed were threatened by genocide. Now her brand of advocacy journalism is being applied to promote an anti-Western and anti-Israel narrative.
The video shows Christiane Amanpour misleading viewers about the history of Jerusalem, about the view of American presidents on the legality of settlements, and about a U.S. decision on loan guarantees to Israel. The video shows factual errors and distortions in the initial version of the program. UPDATE: The latest version of the CNN segment redresses some of the distortions in the original. Details to come.
Christiane Amanpour has two separate standards when it comes to emphasizing the religion of "God's Warriors." In the first segment, she repeats "God's Jewish Warriors" 22 times. In the segment about Muslims, she links "Muslim" and "Warriors" only five times.