David Litman

March 4, 2026

Wall Street Journal Sanitizes Ayatollah Khamenei’s Oppression

In its obituary for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Wall Street Journal largely omitted from the record his regime’s role in fueling conflicts across the region, engaging in and supporting acts of terror across the world, and perhaps most egregiously, the regime’s repression of Iranian women.
February 12, 2026

Israel’s West Bank Moves: The Context Omitted by the Media

There may be many legitimate reasons to criticize the Israeli Cabinet decisions. But there are also legitimate reasons to support those decisions – reasons media outlets like CNN and the New York Times omitted. Media consumers deserve the facts and the context, not journalists deciding for them what to think.
November 20, 2025

The Arithmetic of Bias: CNN’s West Bank Coverage Side-by-Side

CNN’s coverage of the disputed West Bank territory, also known as Judea and Samaria, is demonstrably biased against Israelis. One need only contrast how the network covered two recent attacks carried out there – one perpetrated by Israelis and the other by Palestinians.