Al-Jazeera America and the Sheikdom Off Camera
Al-Jazeera America gains access via cable television to 50 million U.S. households in August. Viewers should keep in mind the sheikdom behind the camera.
Wall Street Journal
Hassan Rouhani – The Extremists’ ‘Moderate’
Early news reporting about Iranian president-elect Hassan Rouhani tossed around "moderate," "pragmatist" and "centrist." It was left too often to opinion writers and think tank analysts to supply journalistic details. UPDATED: Wall Street Journal Misinforms on Money Transfers to PA
Readers told that the United States and Israel cut off money transfers to the Palestinian Authority would be forgiven for believing that the United States and Israel are not transferring money to the Palestinian Authority. But they would be wrong. (See update noting WSJ correction.) Wall Street Journal Corrects Map Calling West Bank ‘Palestine’
In response to communication from CAMERA staff, Wall Street Journal editors promptly correct a map which referred to the West Bank as "Palestine." They also correct a caption which likewise identified the Gaza Strip as "Palestine." Sam Bacile and the One Hundred Jewish Donors
The media was all too willing to run with the dubious story that an Israeli-American named Sam Bacile backed by one hundred Jewish donors was behind the film that sparked outrage in the Muslim world.
Wall Street Journal Lets Palestinian Spokesman Deep-Six the Facts
In The Wall Street Journal, Maen Rashid Areikat writes an Op-Ed so replete with falsehoods that it rightly could be called a work of fiction.
In The WSJ, Michael Oren is Right: Israel’s Enemies Seek Its Delegitimization
Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren writes, "Having failed to destroy Israel by conventional arms and terrorism, Israel's enemies alit on a subtler and more sinister tactic that hampers Israel's ability to defend itself, even to justify its existence." And he's right. UPDATED: AFP Defense of Dubious Photo Raises Additional Discrepancies
AFP defends its photo caption which claimed a Palestinian was injured after an Israeli soldier ran him over with a trailer. Yet, the AFP statement and the caption contradict each other.
UPDATED: For Wall Street Journal, What’s “Terror” in Norway is “Militancy” in Israel
If people who target civilians in Norway are "terrorists," then by any consistent standard those who target civilians in Israel are "terrorists." If one is a "militant," objectivity and fairness would dictate that the other is also a "militant." 8/19 Update: A later version of the story added the word "terrorist" to the body of the article.
A Historical Perspective on the Itamar Killings
In the wake of a heinous terrorist attack in Itamar, a disturbing number of media reports focused on Israeli “settlements” as the primary problem afflicting the region. Neglected were the historical parallels to grisly Arab terrorist attacks resulting from anti-Jewish incitement – all in the absence of settlements.