Error-Filled Advocacy Journalism Replaces Balanced Reporting on Settlements
A Feb. 5, 2007 Time Magazine article by Jerusalem bureau chief Tim McGirk on Israeli settlements in the West Bank was not so much a news report as anti-settlement agitprop. Ricki Hollander
A Feb. 5, 2007 Time Magazine article by Jerusalem bureau chief Tim McGirk on Israeli settlements in the West Bank was not so much a news report as anti-settlement agitprop. Fatah Follows “Moderate” Abbas’ Instructions
A suicide attack in Eilat followed a speech by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to a Fatah rally two weeks earlier exhorting Palestinians to avoid internecine fighting and direct their arms at Israeli "occupation" instead. BBC Editor Sets Tone for Biased Reporting
BBC's coverage of the Middle East has an underlying text: Israel is at the root of all the region's conflicts. This biased perspective, exhibited in much of BBC's reporting, is institutional. According to the Media, Israel Must “Cease” While Palestinians “Fire”
After scant coverage of near-daily Palestinian violations of the ceasefire, media labels Israel's announcement that it will carry out pinpoint operations to foil Palestinian rocket launches a "threat" to truce. Der Spiegel Mirrors Europe’s Monocled Perspective
Der Speigel's Web site runs a one-sided human interest article that excludes essential context, makes allowances for Palestinian violence, and implies that Israel is largely to blame for the "misery" of her neighbors. France 2 Counters Accusations with Lawsuits
Defamation suits against those accusing France 2 of providing a false account of Mohammed al Dura's death highlight the issues of media accountability and freedom of speech.
BACKGROUNDER: Hezbollah’s Media Weapon
Over the past six years, Hezbollah's use of the media against Israel has intensified. In addition to Al Manar television, the organization's official propaganda instrument, Hezbollah utilizes other Arab news stations and even the international press. CAMERA describes how Hezbollah has employed the media to convey its message to the world.
Reuters Forgets Pledge
CAMERA has long criticized Reuters for providing a platform for terrorist propaganda—not only with the photographs they distribute, but with reports from the region as well. Reuters responded by pledging to reinforce editing safeguards. But now, following the war in Lebanon between the Hezbollah terrorist group and Israel, the pledge has apparently been forgotten.
Updated: A Reprise: Media Photo Manipulation
A blog-driven exposé of Reuters' doctored photos may be the tip of an iceberg of manipulated information and photographs coming from Hezbollah-controlled areas. The question is will America's prestige media give greater scrutiny to the images they publish?
Anders Strindberg Turns Truth on its Head in Christian Science Monitor
In an Op-Ed that was published in the Christian Science Monitor on August 1, 2006, Anders Strindberg turns truth on its head by blaming Israel for the current situation while exonerating Hizballah and Hamas, groups designated as terrorist organizations by the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Israel. He echoes the terrorists' propaganda both in his underlying premise that Israel's very existence is invalid and in his unsubstantiated allegations and misrepresentations against the Jewish State.