James Carroll, an expert on the roots and consequences of Christian anti-Semitism, fails to address how Muslim teachings regarding the Jewish people foments hostility toward Israel in the Middle East. 
By uncritically relaying that Hezbollah respects Jews and is opposed only to Israel’s occupation, CNN's Fareed Zakaria dramatically misinformed viewers about Hezbollah, which has repeatedly made clear its opposition to Israel’s very existence and its contempt for Jews. 
Tamar Sternthal, director of CAMERA's Israel office, addressed the Ninth Annual International Conference of the Institute for Counter-Terrorism on Sept. 9. Sternthal spoke on "Hamas' and Hezbollah's News Media Strategy." 
George Bisharat, a law professor at UC Hastings, has the very unfortunate habit of leveling blatantly false charges in his anti-Israel op-eds, which just as unfortunately sometimes get published in major newspapers. 
The letter responds to an article that describes Hezbollah as "the Lebanese Shi'ite political/paramilitary/social organization that is trained and financed by Iran," which omits a more basic description. 
The prisoner exchange between Hezbollah and Israel was accompanied by heavy media coverage of the actual deal as well as related events. Not all of the mainstream coverage is accurate.