The Washington Post rebuffs a request to identify Temple Mount as Judaism's holiest site and the Western Wall as Jews' most sacred place of prayer. It then headlines the Church of the Holy Sepulcher as “the holiest of holy places in Christendom.”
Reporting on Israel's Jerusalem Day and diplomacy, The Washington Post served ‘Swiss cheese journalism' to readers—too many holes, not enough substance.A Washington Post report on an Israeli victim of Palestinian terrorism obscures the root cause: anti-Jewish incitement
What to call a museum with no exhibits? A practical joke? Or, if reporting for major news media, a striking monument to Palestinian Arab history.
Containing four of journalism's six basic elements doesn't mean a report is two-third's correct. As Washington Post coverage of Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy shows, one-third missing is not a passing grade.Washington Post follows BBC down the “cycle of violence” or “summer of violence” rabbit hole in futile hunt for 2014 Gaza war's origin.
What's the difference between tweeting and journalism? The difference between gossip and news, and now it's snared The Washington Post's Jerusalem bureau chief. Prize-winning Palestinian teacher of non-violence married to terrorist who helped murder six Israelis: Among other details slipping through Washington Post cracks lately.
A stale Palestinian complaint with Airbnb snares front page Washington Post coverage. Seems those darned Israelis rent apartments on land that's not Arab.
The devil's in the details, especially when details have been omitted, as in another Washington Post failure to come to grips with murderous Palestinian anti-Israeli, anti-Jewish incitement.