Sharon’s Career Mischaracterized by the Media
A review of coverage of Ariel Sharon's career in the wake of his critical health problems shows problematic trends.
Palestinian "Intifadas"
Elusive Peace: Israel and the Arabs (2005)
BBC/PBS Documentary
Produced and Directed by Norma Percy
150 minutes
This BBC documentary spares no effort to portray the Palestinians as blameless victims and the Israelis as heartless oppressors. Ignoring most Palestinian terror attacks, and blaming the eventual Israeli response to those attacks for the demise of cease-fire efforts, is just one of the many techniques used by the filmmakers in their tendentious effort to indict Israel.
This BBC documentary spares no effort to portray the Palestinians as blameless victims and the Israelis as heartless oppressors. Ignoring most Palestinian terror attacks, and blaming the eventual Israeli response to those attacks for the demise of cease-fire efforts, is just one of the many techniques used by the filmmakers in their tendentious effort to indict Israel.
Oprah Winfrey Shows Bias
In the forefront of defending women's rights worldwide, Oprah takes a one-sided approach on the Mideast conflict
Oprah Winfrey Shows Bias
In the forefront of defending women's rights worldwide, Oprah takes a one-sided approach on the Mideast conflict
AP Stands By Coverage, and Contradicts Its Own Earlier Coverage
In response to CAMERA's concerns about an Associated Press article on the wire today covering Temple Mount disturbances, the Jerusalem bureau has responded that it stands by its coverage. Noteworthy, though, is the fact that the service's report today is contradicted by another AP story from 2001.
CAMERA Op-Ed Published in Seattle Post-Intelligencer
In the intense media coverage accompanying Yasser Arafat's death, the man known to many as the "father of modern terrorism" is benefiting from an "extreme make-over," as some news reports and columns airbrush history to exclude his actual deeds.
USA Today’s Arafat Obituary Distorts History
Yasir Arafat is buried as he lived, in a shroud of lies. These include lies of commission, omission and of minor facts used to obscure larger truths. Common in coverage of Arafat's death, they stem from uncritical acceptance of conventional wisdom as much as from any intent to deceive. But they are nonetheless dangerous, contributing to revisionist Arab-Israeli history.
To Gwynne Dyer, Terror is What Arafat Did “Right”
In a column published by the New London Day ("Arafat's Legacy", Nov 7) and the Philadelphia Inquirer ("Arafat's reign", Nov. 3), syndicated columnist Gwynne Dyer included serious factual errors, as well as an implied endorsement of Arafat's terror.
CAMERA ALERT: In NPR Report, Dying With Dignity = Killing Jews?
An October 14th segment on NPR's "All Things Considered" typifies NPR's consistent pro-Palestinian news coverage: a disproportionate reliance on Arab/Palestinian and pro-Arab speakers compared to Israeli and pro-Israeli speakers, a chronic amplifying of Palestinian grievances and perspectives, and a de-emphasis on Israeli concerns.