BBC’s Mark Urban Feeds anti-Israel Prejudice
In a Gaza report BBC correspondent Mark Urban repeated false Palestinian charges, and added his own: that Israel profits from food aid sent to Gaza.
WASHINGTON POST-WATCH: Simple Story, Simplistic Coverage
The Washington Post’s coverage of a June 5, 2008 Palestinian terrorist attack that killed an Israeli was simplistic and inadequate. Unlike the New York Times' article on the event, the Post lacked or obscured basic detail and implied a false moral equivalence between Israelis and their murderers.
CAMERA Letter About Wikipedia in New York’s The Jewish Week
The June 4 letter discusses Wikipedia's shortcomings, and comments on disingenuous criticism by Gershom Gorenberg and others about CAMERA's call for fair-minded people to learn about and edit the often-unreliable online encyclopedia. UPDATED: Yahoo! Deletes Anti-Semitic Diatribe
JUNE 1 UPDATE: Yahoo! has now deleted the offending page on its popular Yahoo! Answers website, which had informed readers that Judaism "glorifies genocide" and Orthodox Jews "consider mass-murder to be very honorable."
Updated: France 2 vs. Philippe Karsenty: The Appeal
Update: The French Court of Appeal rules to overturn the lower court ruling that found Philippe Karsenty guilty of defaming France 2 and Charles Enderlin. More Anti-Israel Propaganda in New York Times Op-Eds
The New York Times’ Op-Ed editors seem overly willing to accept any condemnation of Israel, even when it means turning a blind eye to its underpinning falsehoods.
CAMERA Letter About Wikipedia in International Herald Tribune
The letter notes that "those seeking to improve Wikipedia's often-unreliable articles on the Middle East would be targeted for criticism by partisans who might prefer the status quo," and explains Wikipedia's shortcomings. WASHINGTON POST WATCH: Post Sees Israel’s Birth Through Arab Eyes
The Washington Post ostensibly showcased Israel's 60th birthday with a top-center, page-one article. The article actually showcased a chronic distortion in Post Arab-Israeli coverage: filtering the Jewish state through the fun house mirror of Palestinian Arab beliefs. Ha’aretz Columnist Sacrifices Truth to Show IDF “Wrongdoing”
Ha’aretz columnist Uzi Benziman has an agenda — one to which he closely hews without letting the facts get in the way. For Benziman, truth is sacrificed in a mission to expose Israel’s consistent guilt, of which he is certain. UPDATED: ‘Last Refuge,’ Latest Falsehood
Gideon Levy's weekly column in Ha'aretz Magazine is aptly titled "Twilight Zone." At times, his reports have little or no connection to reality. This week's column ("Last refuge"), about Banana Land, "the first Palestinian water park," serves as a prime example.