Terrorists, Terrorism and The Washington Post
CAMERA has criticized The Washington Post repeatedly for its inconsistent, contradictory use of the words terrorist and terrorism, and frequent, inaccurate substitution of militant for terrorist.
Eric Rozenman
Who Are the Palestinians? At DePaul, Don’t Ask and Don’t Tell
After challenging students on Palestinian origins, an adjunct professor is summarily dismissed without pay
Covering Up for NPR
As a federal corporation reconsiders NPR's objectivity, leading newspapers ignore studies showing bias
WASHINGTON POST WATCH: Editorial Myopia
Is it possible to look right but be wrong? Yes, and a Washington Post
editorial on Israel’s Gaza Strip withdrawal, "Mr. Sharon’s
Resolve" (August 18) showed how.
Location, Location, Location: The Washington Post sees terrorist attacks in London but rarely in Israel
In the two weeks following the July 7 bombings in London, Washington Post writers frequently labeled the perpetrators as "terrorists" and the explosions themselves as "terrorist attacks." However, the Post only once described attacks by Palestinian Arabs against Israeli non-combatants during this period as "terrorism" or the perpetrators as "terrorists."
Washington Post Sanitizes Hamas
Errors of emphasis, omissions, imbalance, and lack of context make a story by the Post's new Israel correspondent highly misleading, and show that a new correspondent is not enough; the paper needs a new paradigm in its Arab-Israeli coverage.
USA Today Errs on Jerusalem Home Demolitions
USA Today presents a misleading, one-sided picture of home
demolitions in Israel's capital in “Jerusalem's future banging on
residents' doors; Several dozen Palestinian homes slated for demolition,”
June 21.
The Washington Post on Syria in Lebanon
While Syrian troops reportedly completed their withdrawal from Lebanon on April 26, ending their 29-year occupation, the >Washington Post foreign news coverage avoided the "o" word – occupation – in regard to Syrian forces in Lebanon almost completely.
WASHINGTON POST-WATCH: April Omissions
NPR Wants it Both Ways
NPR News has the staff and financial wherewithal to produce coverage meeting journalism's highest standards, according to its president. Since its Arab-Israeli reporting chronically fails to do so, Congress and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting ought to find out why.