Israel, through the Washington Post darkly
Israel has a guilt complex. Israel is politically sick. Israel misleads the United States. And some of its own people think its leaders are war criminals. So says recent Washington Post coverage. John Ward Anderson
Israel has a guilt complex. Israel is politically sick. Israel misleads the United States. And some of its own people think its leaders are war criminals. So says recent Washington Post coverage. WASHINGTON POST-WATCH: Washington Post’s News Avoidance Syndrome Continues
Ha’aretz, Washington Post Do Damage Control for Abu Mazen
WASHINGTON POST WATCH: February Follies
Editorializing in the news, sanitizing an editorial, and odd omissions marred Washington Post Arab-Israeli coverage in February
Washington Post Distorts Building in Jerusalem
Washington Post correspondent John Ward Anderson has
teamed up with Israel’s critics in a Post "investigation"
indicting the Israeli government and Jewish groups for "consolidating
their grip on strategic locations." The result is a highly distorted account of
construction in Jerusalem with the broad implication that Jews
have no right to move into or build in predominantly Arab neighborhoods regardless of
historical and legal claims to property.
Selective Quotes Distort Intent of Sharon’s Gaza Withdrawal
In his interview with the Israeli daily Haaretz, Dov Weissglas, a close advisor to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, was asked about Israel's decision to withdraw from the Gaza Strip. According to American media coverage of this interview, Weissglas suggested that Ariel Sharon's true intention in planning the Gaza disengagement is to freeze the peace process and prevent a Palestinian state. However, this was not his message at all; his words were taken out of context.
WASHINGTON POST-WATCH: Dubious Facts
A Hole in the Story
Washington Post coverage of the allegation that a Pentagon official passed secret U.S. information about Iran to Israel via American pro-Israel lobbyists contains a striking omission. It's one CAMERA has pointed out before regarding Post coverage touching on Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program.
WASHINGTON POST-WATCH: Stand Corrected
So when is a correction not a correction? Often, when it's a Washington Post attempt to remedy a mistake in the paper's Arab-Israeli coverage.
UPDATED: CAMERA Elicits Washington Post Correction
CAMERA prompted the following correction concerning a July 12 article by John Ward Anderson which erroneously reported on Palestinian attacks on Israel. The San Francisco Chronicle and the Boston Globe later ran the correction. NPR also corrected the same error.
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