Time Strikes (Israel) Again
Karl Vick's latest is as crude as earlier caricatures of Israel, but apparently fills the bill for a weekly magazine that can't figure out what relevance it has in the new media age. Karl Vick's latest is as crude as earlier caricatures of Israel, but apparently fills the bill for a weekly magazine that can't figure out what relevance it has in the new media age. Who Still Publishes and Reads Helen Thomas?
Helen Thomas returns, to a small Virginia weekly. Anti-Israel types pretend she's a profile in courage. CAMERA Op-Ed in Yisrael Hayom on History of Fabricated Palestinian Accounts
Yishai Goldflam, editor-in-chief of CAMERA's Hebrew site, Presspectiva, publishes an Op-Ed in Yisrael Hayom examining how a history of media fabrications has contributed to doubts about the death of Jawaher Abu Rahma. The New Yorker’s David Remnick on Israel: “Can’t take it any more”
In a bizarre interview with Yediot Aharonot, New Yorker editor David Remnick railed at Israel for failing to end the "occupation" yet supposedly seeking "unconditional love" from American Jews. The comments offer little insight into Middle East realities, but say something about the writer's state of mind. In Spain, El Roto and El Pais Offer Readers a Distorted View of History
In the Christmas Eve edition of his cartoon posted in the newspaper El País, the cartoonist El Roto used the occasion to feature classical anti-Semitic elements aimed to confuse, misinform and demonize the State of Israel. New York Times: Annual Feature Misrepresents Israel – Again
The New York Times' annual "Year in Pictures" feature included three photos of Israel with captions distorted to fit its apparent policy of consistently blaming Israel in the Arab-Israeli conflict, while concealing aggression against the Jewish state. Those Contradictory Militants
You say militant, I say terrorist." No rhyme, but a reason -- political language trumps Washington Post terrorism reporting. Time Adopts the Language of Anti-Israel Activists
Partisan activists call Israel's barrier a "wall" in hopes of evoking Berlin, call Palestinians the "natives" in hopes of casting Jews as colonial outsiders, and conflate Jewishness with Israeli citizenship to allege racism. Why is Time Magazine adopting their biased language? Presspectiva Editor Yishai Goldflam Criticizes Ha’aretz’s Yossi Sarid
Presspectiva Editor Yishai Goldflam criticized Ha'aretz columnist Yossi Sarid for reflexively blaming Israel even when the facts directly contradict him. Ha'aretz published Goldflam's letter to the editor on the same subject, translated below. Washington Post’s Coverage of Forest Fire, Syria Mixed at Best
Israel-related articles on December 4 showed improved balance and context. But not enough to keep readers properly informed.