A feature article by Rachel Kushner from Shuafat refugee camp in the New York Times fails to reveal that the author’s visit was organized by Breaking the Silence.
Video: The UN Blames Israel…for Saving the World
The UN’s World Health Organization just gave Israel it’s highest honor. So why did they also single out Israel for condemnation, while ignoring the whole rest of the world?
Fact-Check Fail Fixed: Israel Never Bombed Morocco!
A Daily Telegraph feature on the movies of Warren Beatty erroneously states that Israel bombed Morocco in the 1980s. HR gets the correction.
Unintended Irony Over French Settlement Labeling?
The Independent’s ironic choice of photo to illustrate French labeling of settlement goods also contains a glaring caption error.
Politicizing Israeli Wildfires
The Guardian and AFP are more concerned about the location of fires near Jewish settlements than the fires themselves.
What Would It Take to Spark Media Introspection Over Mideast Coverage?
Since the US elections, the journalism industry has been humbled by Donald Trump’s unexpected win. Long-held assumptions are flying out the window. Long-held practices will hopefully be re-examined. A “reality check,” after all, means you may not be in sync with reality. How big a problem is it? It’s coming out that journalists operated in…
The New Statesman’s Palestine Solidarity Campaign
The New Statesman acts as a mouthpiece for the extremist Palestine Solidarity Campaign, publishing a one-sided article that demonizes Israel and ignores the existence of Palestinian terrorism.
Video: Trump, Israel and the Media’s Epic Fail
Trump, Israel and the Media’s Epic Fail
The Globe & Mail Makes Up News
The Globe & Mail’s Patrick Martin has invented and falsified a wide variety of “facts” about the Israeli Prime Minister’s private thoughts, emotions and public positions on the election of Donald Trump, with no source or basis whatsoever.
Jewish Ties to Eastern Jerusalem Didn’t Begin in 1967
National Public Radio takes a nice look at the issue of relocating the US embassy to Jerusalem. Unfortunately, Daniel Estrin’s dispatch assumes Jewish ties to eastern Jerusalem only began in 1967. The western part of Jerusalem is almost entirely Jewish. The eastern part of the city was entirely Arab when Israel captured it in the…