Video: A tale of two interviews: PBS on Hezbollah vs. PBS on Israel
Just days apart, PBS conducted interviews with a senior Hezbollah leader and an Israeli diplomat. Let’s see how they went.
Geoff Bennett
Polite to Hezbollah, Hostile to Israel: ‘Both Sides’ Interviewed on PBS
In an interview with a Hezbollah leader, a group that is recognized as a terrorist organization by the United States, PBS posed open-ended questions and engaged in polite, civil discourse. This contrasted sharply with a PBS interview of Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon, which was marked with hostility and accusations masked as questions.
PBS’s week of journalistic faux pas: One-sided narratives, erasing American Oct. 7 victims
Over the course of a single week, PBS NewsHour pushed one-sided narratives of Israeli policy, erased American victims of Oct. 7, and offered soft, unchallenged interviews to a repressive Iranian regime. This reporting raises questions over whether it is attempting to inform its viewers or persuade them.