Daily Beast

Daily Beast Errs on Hamas Tunnels, Gaza Unemployment

No, those cross-border Hamas tunnels into Israel aren't for "smuggling." SĂ©bastien Roblin, a reporter specializing in international affairs, security and military history, also significantly overstates the territory's unemployment rate.

Journalists Distort Facts to Reinforce a Narrative of Religious Division

A negative narrative that's rapidly gaining currency in the media is about a broadening rift between Israeli and American Jews caused by an Orthodox rabbinate in Israel intolerant of other Jewish denominations. So popular is this theme that it is sometimes imposed upon news events as context, even when the evidence suggests otherwise.

Eleanor Clift Whitewashes Anti-Jewish Comments

Eleanor Clift is entitled to respect Helen Thomas despite her explicitly anti-Jewish statements. But Clift's readers are entitled to a forthright telling of the controversy. It is not about "anti-settler" remarks. It is not even about anti-Israel comments. It is about anti-Semitic remarks.