2012 Dishonest Reporting Awards

2012 Dishonest Reporting Awards December 17, 2012 15:05 by Pesach Benson   The 2012 Dishonest Reporter: Gideon Levy, Haaretz In a break with tradition for HonestReporting readers, this year’s Dishonest Reporter winner is not a member of the international media but someone disturbingly close to home. It’s no secret that some of the most critical stories […]

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Review of Israel’s Media War

HR Comment: Media War Review November 22, 2012 15:23 by Simon Plosker With a ceasefire in effect, Operation Pillar of Defense appears to be over. Of course there will be plenty of media coverage in the coming days and weeks as the “fog of war” clears. In any event, Israel is rarely out of the […]

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Finally, BBC Admits to “Shoddy Journalism”

November 11, 2012 13:28 by Simon Plosker The following opinion piece by HR Managing Editor Simon Plosker is republished from the Times of Israel. Just imagine the scenario: A flagship BBC news program investigates an alleged Israeli “war crime” and levels the accusation based solely on the uncorroborated evidence of unnamed Palestinian “eyewitnesses”. A week […]

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BBC Airbrushes Anti-Semitism

BBC Airbrushes Atzmon’s Anti-Semitism October 15, 2012 15:50 by Simon Plosker Why did the BBC give a platform to an anti-Semite? On 14 October, the BBC World Service, in a discussion on the links between music and politics, interviewed Gilad Atzmon, a studio guest described as an acclaimed and controversial jazz saxophonist… a London-based Israeli jazz man… […]

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UPDATE – Fight Over BBC Olympic Coverage Intensifies

UPDATE – Fight Over BBC Olympic Coverage Intensifies July 23, 2012 14:50 by Alex Margolin The BBC’s controversial decision to omit Israel’s capital of Jerusalem from the information on countries participating in the London Olympics has drawn a strong response from the Israeli government. Government officials have sent several sharply-worded letters to the BBC demanding […]

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BBC Olympic Coverage Declares East Jerusalem as Palestinian Capital

BBC Olympic Coverage Declares East Jerusalem as Palestinian Capital July 19, 2012 13:34 by Simon Plosker The BBC Sport website’s coverage of the forthcoming London Olympic games features country profiles of all of the competing nations. Every other country profile includes a listed capital city. All except for Israel. This even includes “Palestine” where the BBC […]

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Op-Ed: BBC Exposes Its Mideast Bias?

Op-Ed: BBC Exposes Its Mideast Bias? July 2, 2012 12:08 by Simon Plosker This opinion piece by HR Managing Editor Simon Plosker is republished courtesy of The Commentator. In 2004, the BBC conducted a thorough internal review of its coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The contents of the Balen Report, authored by Malcolm Balen were never released to the […]

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