Manipulation of Statistics

January 29, 2009

Gaza Casualties: Civilian or Combatant?

The Israeli army has published figures claiming 70 percent of the Palestinians killed in the Gaza fighting were combatants. This contradicts Palestinian claims that most of the dead were unarmed civilians. CAMERA's analysis found 3/4 of the fatalities were adult males.
December 20, 2006

CAMERA Rebuttal Published in Post-Gazette

After a column in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette heaped praise on Jimmy Carter's new book while ignoring the many substantive complaints about the book's errors and distortions, the newspaper published the following CAMERA rebuttal.
December 18, 2006

Palestinian Fatalities in Israeli Gaza Strip Operations

How many Palestinians killed by Israeli counter-terrorism operations in Gaza were combatants? Contrary to allegations by Physicians for Human Rights and some news coverage, the majority of them were indeed combatants.
November 15, 2006

More False Symmetry from Newsweek

By implying that Egyptians and Israelis alike are angry about the peace treaty between their countries, Newsweek creates the illusion of symmetry out of completely asymmetrical situations.
November 8, 2006

CAMERA Prompts IHT Corrections

CAMERA staff prompted the following corrections on an International Herald Tribune Op-Ed by Patrick Seale.
December 15, 2005

UPDATED: Mazin Qumsiyeh Lacks Credibility

Twice within two weeks, newspapers have had to correct false statements by anti-Israel activist Mazin Qumsiyeh. These two corrections, along with the many other erroneous statements by Qumsiyeh which have passed uncorrected, reveal a disregard for facts that should be a red flag for those considering reading–or publishing–his diatribes. Update: Qumsiyeh responds to CAMERA's critique.
May 13, 2005

Study of New York Times Coverage Severely Flawed

A "study" by an anti-Israel group claims that New York Times coverage is anti-Palestinian. A closer look proves this claim, along with the pseudoscientific study which produced it, is absurd.