Poetic Lies
At Yale, Amiri Baraka discusses his controversial poem which suggests Israel had prior knowledge of the September 11 attacks. Students expose his ignorant views.
Anti-Israel
Allegations and Libels
New York Times Hits Year-End False Notes
The New York Times finished off 2002 with a bang in its coverage of Israel. On December 28th a page-four story (“Dreaming of Palestine, Teenager Writes a Novel”) and a large smiling photo of Randa Ghazi brought readers a breezy profile of the Egyptian-Italian teenage authoress of a virulent anti-Israel novel.
Time Magazine Whitewashes Hamas, Tars Sharon
In a case of inverting truth, a Time Magazine photo essay presented a skewed, pejorative characterization of Sharon but a euphemistic picture of Hamas terrorists...
NPR and Israel: June, July 2002
Yet another two-month study reveals National Public Radio coverage of the Arab-Israeli conflict continues to be marred by factual distortions and disproportionate presentation of Arab and pro-Arab speakers. Skewed and serious allegations against Israel are, at times, aired in completely one-sided programs without giving Israel the right of response. Partisan language shades reporting, blurring the terrorist role of Palestinian groups and leaders and casting Israeli leaders alone as “hard-line.”
Popular Women’s Mag Distorts History of Conflict
More Middle East Fiction from NPR
NPR Continues Its One-Sided and Erroneous Broadcasts
The Los Angeles Times and the Palestinian-Israeli Crisis
In the critical period of late March through early April, the most striking findings concerning the Los Angeles Times coverage of Palestinian terrorist attacks and the Israeli response concerned headlines and photographs.
The History Channel’s Bogus “History”
AP “Israeli spying” Story an “Urban Myth” According to Justice Department
The Associated Press in March recycled a hoax story (U.S. Deports Israelis Amid Warnings of Espionage Activities) charging that a massive Israeli spy ring has been operating in America, and that "authorities have arrested and deported dozens of young Israelis since early last year who represented themselves as art students in efforts to gain access to sensitive federal office buildings ..."