Hezbollah

BACKGROUNDER: Hezbollah’s Media Weapon

Over the past six years, Hezbollah's use of the media against Israel has intensified. In addition to Al Manar television, the organization's official propaganda instrument, Hezbollah utilizes other Arab news stations and even the international press. CAMERA describes how Hezbollah has employed the media to convey its message to the world.

Video: Breaking the ceasefire

“Hezbollah must disarm” isn’t an Israeli talking point. It’s written into the ceasefire agreement. So why does so much media coverage fixate on Israeli “aggression,” while Hezbollah’s violations, rearmament, and stated goals barely register? From the New York Times to PBS, responsibility keeps getting shifted away from a terror group openly committed to Israel’s destruction.

The BBC omits strategic links between Iran and Venezuela

By leaving out the coordination between Iran and Venezuela the BBC turns a story about two deeply connected allies engaged in long-standing cooperation against US interests into a story about random American aggression, and it turns Iran and Hezbollah from internationally connected, savvy geopolitical actors with sophisticated financial networks into isolated and purely reactive characters in a Western-centric world.

Omissions in BBC report on strike in Beirut

On November 23, some three hours after news broke concerning a strike in Beirut’s Dahiya suburb targeting Hezbollah’s chief of staff, a report appeared on the BBC News website under the headline "Israel kills top Hezbollah official in first attack on Beirut in months."

The New York Times Claims Fighting Hezbollah Is Israeli ‘Imperialism’

One throw-away, baseless comment by an Emirati political science professor was enough for The Times to publish a page-one headline and 3500-plus story absurdly arguing that Israel's determination to preemptively defend itself against Iranian-backed enemies bent on its destruction is imperialistic.

Curated by Hezbollah, Signed by AP

Hezbollah provided the Associated Press with handpicked subjects, and the Associated Press gave back with propaganda fit for the organization.

On Reuters, Reliable News and Carpet Bombing

Reuters' blatantly false and uncorrected claim that Israel carpet-bombed Beirut's southern suburbs was just one of several recent assaults against the media outlet’s stated commitment to “unbiased and reliable news.”