David M. Litman is the U.S. Media Research Manager at the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA), where he covers anti-Israel bias in the media. Previously, David worked at an independent watchdog organization focused on anti-Israel bias, international law, and human rights issues in the United Nations and international courts. David graduated magna cum laude from Case Western Reserve School of Law and holds a BA in International Studies.
If the data shows that getting food into Gaza isn’t the problem, then what is? While its policies on aid delivery are open to fair criticism, attempts to portray Israel as solely at fault for hunger in Gaza conflict with reality and do little to actually remedy the situation.
In issuing praise for Anas al-Sharif, entities like CNN and the Foreign Press Association have unwittingly exposed something about themselves: that they see nothing wrong with feeding the world an image of events in Gaza curated by a known Hamas propagandist.
There are no good answers to the predicament Israel faces. The government’s decision is ripe for criticism, but so too would be any other decision. Responsible journalists must not ignore the morally and factually challenging circumstances Israel faces by glossing over competing considerations at play.
Whether due to laziness or bias, NBC, CBS, the Associated Press, and Reuters did their readers a profound disservice in their coverage of the Taybeh fire. By uncritically amplifying unverified claims and ignoring contradictory evidence, these outlets undermined journalistic integrity and misled their audiences.
In its coverage of recent events in Suwayda, Syria, CNN lends credence to the phrase “no Jews, no news” — the perception that some Western media outlets only highlight atrocities in the Middle East when they can link them to Israel.
CAMERA Senior Analyst David M. Litman returned to WION News, a leading English-language news channel in India, to discuss the latest developments in the Iran-Israel conflict following the US bombing of nuclear sites in Iran.
In a recent video, posted on CNN’s TikTok and YouTube “Shorts” channels, Amanpour claimed that an Iranian ballistic missile struck “near a hospital” in Beer Sheva. In fact, the missile slammed directly into the Soroka Medical Center, destroying the hospital’s surgical ward.
In a story ostensibly aimed at shedding light on Israelis seeking refuge in bomb shelters, CNN ended up demonstrating just how little it understands about the subject.
Germany and Qatar are two nations with two very different opinions on Israel’s Operation Rising Lion against the Iranian regime. Yet CNN decided to add “some context” on the opinion of only one of those nations – the one that happened to be supportive of Israel.
Relying on vague, unsourced statements and glaring omissions, CNN manipulatively portrays Israel as either recklessly or deliberately killing civilians and targeting “residential areas” in Iran.
