18 Months at “Nightline”: Israel in the Dock
An in-depth study refutes ABC's claim that the program's "coverage over time" is "even on the whole"
Tamar Sternthal
The Salon Fortress
The irreverent news source with a sense of mission in a world of "corporate giants" is more inaccessible than its rivals.
The Salon Fortress
The irreverent news source with a sense of mission in a world of 'corporate giants' is more inaccessible than its rivals.
The Unscholarly Scholar
Professor Juan Cole of the University of Michigan, editor of the International Journal of Middle East Studies. makes politically motivated blunders.
From ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ to Casualty Count, Prof. Qumsiyeh Errs
Mazin Qumsiyeh's July 27 New Haven Register op-ed contained highly distorted and unsubstantiated accusations against Israel. While many of the accusations were of a general nature, Qumsiyeh did make some specific allegations which are demonstrably false.
Laura King’s Recurring Blind Spot
Laura King's July 24 article in the Los Angeles Times about the latest events in the Gaza Strip is a continuation of the journalist's pattern of failure in reporting on a striking phenomenon–Palestinian residents of Beit Hanoun opposing the use of their neighborhoods by Palestinian fighters to launch attacks against Israel
Letter-Writer Wrong on Barrier Statistic
In his July 7 letter to the Los Angeles Times entitled "Wall's Horrific Effect," Eugene O'Carroll makes the unsubstantiated claim that Israel's barrier "will absorb as much as 60 percent" of the West Bank. But as the Times itself has repeatedly reported, even the United Nations, hardly a pro-Israel body, put that number at 14 percent
Updated: AP Finally Corrects
July 2 update follows. The foreign desk at the Associated Press wire service apparently has no mechanism in place to correct factual errors. Over the last year, evidence regarding more than half a dozen straight-forward substantive errors was passed from editor to editor until it fell by the wayside. This was the case in a June 10 error by correspondent Ali Daraghmeh, who falsely reported that in the West Bank, "Israel does not allow Palestinian officers to patrol in uniform."
CAMERA Column: The LA Times Swerves Off the ‘High Road’
As word of Los Angeles Times Editor John S. Carroll's address on journalistic ethics spread across the Internet, critics were riled by his assertion that the Times is committed to taking the "high road" in comparison to other media outlets nationwide, which are engaging in "pseudo-journalism." What so incensed Carroll's detractors is the abundant evidence that the Los Angeles Times itself is derelict in getting the facts right, as well as in correcting factual errors.
European Photo Agency Gives New Meaning to ‘Stone’-Throwing
One year after its expansion into the international news arena, Epa, or European Pressphoto Agency, has delivered a blow to the credibility of its newly added services with a misleading caption about Palestinians hurling "stones."