As the IDF left the Gaza Strip, ending the Israeli presence there, Palestinians looted, burned and destroyed the synagogues left behind. One can only imagine the international outcry had Israelis destroyed even one deserted Muslim mosque, but here much of the media, justified the rampaging and turned the tables to criticize Israel.
CAMERA has repeatedly demonstrated the deeply entrenched editorial bias against Israel at the New York Times. Whether Israel employs military tactics to protect itself from terrorist attacks, or the peace process is stalled, even while Israeli civilians are being blown up by Palestinian terrorists, New York Times editorial writers stick to their consistent message--blame Israel and whitewash Palestinian responsibility.
There is a striking double standard in terminology being used by many news organizations, such as the New York Times and Associated Press, regarding the terror attacks in London and the terror attack in Netanya, Israel. "Terror" and "terrorists" are liberally used in articles about the London bombing, while the articles about the Netanya terror attack studiously avoid the use of terror terminology.
Israeli anchorman Chaim Yavin caused a small stir in Israel over his controversial, subjective documentary about Israeli settlements. An NBC Nightly News segment on the documentary champions Yavin's position by presenting it as "the story like it is." Yet NBC omits common, mainstream counter-arguments which represent large numbers, if not the majority, of Israelis.
While reporting has improved considerably since CAMERA's 2002 analysis of New York Times coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, readers may still note an imbalance in human interest stories.
May 18 update follows. Yet again the media has ignored a hate-filled sermon by a Palestinian sheik (a paid PA employee) that was broadcast on official Palestinian television. In the sermon, Sheik Ibrahim Mudeiris labelled Israel a "cancer," the Jewish people a "virus resembling AIDS," and called upon Muslims to "finish off every Jew."
BBC airs a weekly programme, "From Our Own Correspondent," presenting the personal perspectives of the network's news reporters on the stories they cover. What the BBC does not acknowledge is that the programme is frequently used as a platform for propaganda – a means for partisan BBC correspondents who cover world conflicts to champion the position of the side they favor.
After Israel approved building a new neighborhood in Ma'aleh Adumim, a few miles east of Jerusalem, many news reports wrongly indicated that such building would prevent Palestinians from controlling "contiguous territory" in the West Bank.
