AP Rebrands Islamic Jihad Rocket Attacks as Israeli Strikes
UPDATE: CAMERA prompts correction of an AP Week in Pictures feature which misidentified outgoing Islamic Jihad rockets launched from Gaza towards Israel as "Israeli airstrikes."
Don’t Look! Reuters and Deadly Misfired Palestinian Rockets
"In Gaza, denial and doubt over misfire rocket claims," is Reuters' headline. In reality, though, it's Reuters which is drowning in denial.
NBC Covers for Islamic Jihad After Killing of Palestinian Children
After investigations find that a misfired Palestinian rocket killed seven Palestinians in Jabaliya, NBC News seemed intent on obscuring the facts.
UPI Whitewashes Islamic Jihad Terror Organization As ‘Pro-Liberation Forces’
United Press International whitewashes designated terror organization Islamic Jihad as "pro-liberation forces," while observers in the Gulf slam the organization as an Iranian tool carrying out the regime's agenda at the expense of the Palestinian people.
Reuters Crams Gaza Residents into Refugee Camps
UPDATED: Reuters commendably corrects after erroneously reporting that most residents of the Gaza Strip live in refugee camps. According to the UN, around 25 percent reside in refugee camps.
AP Captions Strike Essential Info on Israeli Airstrikes
When a news picture fails to speak for itself, and the news caption fails to speak for it, news consumers lose out. AP captions ignore that Israeli airstrikes a) were in response to Palestinian rocket fire and b) targeted Hamas' rocket production facilities.
Human Rights Watch Strips Gaza of its History to Attack Israel
Reality – with which HRW has a tenuous relationship – can be rather inconvenient and complicated. But if HRW seeks to maintain any shred of credibility as a fact-driven, impartial institution, it cannot simply sweep away these complicating and inconvenient factors in pursuit of a partisan narrative.
Tall Tale: Gaza Source Powers Media Falsehood About Mountain of Batteries
History shows it doesn't take much for Gaza sources to override the essential journalistic dose of skepticism. After gargantuan flour consumption and Israeli-induced flooding, the latest tall tale hits the MRI machine-bereft territory: soaring mountains of spent batteries as high as the Arc de Triomphe.
Reuters Footage Mistakes West Bank for Gaza Strip
Reuters' failure to correct its own mistaken footage calls into question the competency of its editorial unit dedicated to fact-checking visual material and social media claims.
Janine di Giovanni: Veteran Correspondent Has Bias Despite Experience
With "Generation Gaza: The Young Have Pride Despite Privations," Janine di Giovanni proves that neither age nor time spent in the field dictates journalistic mastery. Antipathy can be a much more compelling influence.