AFP’s Timeline of Bias, Redux
A lopsided AFP timeline outlining 20 years since the Oslo Accords recounts Israel's counter-terrorism actions while completely ignoring the Palestinian violence that prompted them.
Terrorism, Terrorists
and Terrorist Groups
A lopsided AFP timeline outlining 20 years since the Oslo Accords recounts Israel's counter-terrorism actions while completely ignoring the Palestinian violence that prompted them. Who are the 26 Palestinian Prisoners Being Released and Their Victims?
The 26 Palestinian terrorists slated to be released soon, the first of over 100 prisoners being released as a "goodwill gesture" to bring the Palestinians to the negotiating table, are almost all murderers of civilians. Terrorist or Militant? Washington Post Wobbles Exemplify Media Confusion
After the barbarous murder of a by-passer on a London street by two men, one who delivered a jihadist rant, a USA Today (May 24) analysis said "the word 'terror' has become politically charged." But not journalistically, if accuracy matters. Regardless, Washington Post practice continues to confuse.For BBC, Real Israel is “Hard to Imagine”
An anonymous BBC source in Lebanon says that Israel is "laughing" at the upheaval on its northern border, and Beirut correspondent Jim Muir concurs, explaining that it is "hard to imagine Israel not being happy." But one doesn't need a vivid imagination to understand Israeli concerns. Newseum Puts Honors for Terrorists On Hold: CAMERA Chronology
CAMERA was instrumental in convincing the Newseum, Washington, D.C.’s journalism museum, to “reevaluate” its decision to add the names of two Hamas members to its “Journalists’ Memorial.” On Newseum Scandal, Open Zion Destroys Months-Old Straw Man
By pretending that all criticism of Newseum hinges on the idea that Hamas members were legitimate targets, Raphael Magarik avoid seriously dealing with Newseum's decision to consider employees of a violent, hate-peddling terrorist organization honorable "journalists." New York Times Magazine Cheerleads for Terror
Painting a sympathetic portrait of violent demonstrators, The New York Times Magazine 8,000-word cover story asks “Is This Where the Third Intifada Will Start?” With all the cheerleading in the article, it seems the New York Times hopes so. Terrorist or Militant? Washington Post Update
Many news media continue to use the words terrorist and militant interchangeably, despite their different meanings. When they do use them properly, they are more likely to describe American rather than Israeli victims. Recent Washington Post examples demonstrate such journalistic inconsistency and inaccuracy. Christian Science Monitor Op-Ed Holds No Water, Plenty of Falsehoods and Malice
The Christian Science Monitor published a toxic Op-Ed which argues that Israel, unique among nations apparently, has no right to defend its citizens from deadly terrorist attacks. Lost in Translation: Haaretz English Whitewashes a Stabbing
Ha'aretz's translators again downplay Palestinian violence, this time transforming the stabbing of Yael Shalom into an "assault," her 20-something-year-old Palestinian assailant into an "Arab teen," and one of his weapons, a crowbar, into a "stick."