December 26, 2013 11:20 by Pesach Benson When HonestReporting readers were asked to choose the “winner” of the 2013 Dishonest Reporting Award, the prevailing displeasure was best summed up in a one-line email: “The NY Times bludgeoned Israel all year.” Much of the resentment focused on the paper’s op-ed section. A steady parade of commentaries […]
Lebanon Border Incidents Expose Poor Journalism December 16, 2013 12:08 by Simon Plosker IDF soldier, 31-year-old Shlomi Cohen, was killed on Sunday night after a Lebanese army sniper opened fire on his vehicle as it drove along the Israeli side of the Lebanese border near Rosh Hanikra. While the full details of the incident […]
December 11, 2013 14:36 by Pesach Benson Audit finds EU pays Palestinian civil servants in Gaza who haven’t worked in six years. AP writes: Some 65,000 civil servants and members of the security forces in Gaza stopped reporting to their jobs in 2007, when the Islamic militant Hamas seized the territory from Palestinian President Mahmoud […]
November 26, 2013 15:56 by Alex Margolin Despite admissions from editors that the paper was wrong to illustrate a story about the murder of an IDF soldier with a photo of the murder’s mother, and countless complaints from readers that the admissions do not go far enough, New York Times is digging its heels in […]
Embassy Bomber ID’ed as Palestinian November 21, 2013 16:12 by Pesach Benson One of the suicide bombers from this week’s attack on the Iranian embassy in Beirut is Palestinian, according to the Daily Star. Michael Totten and NOW Lebanon look at Hezbollah’s fears of more suicide attacks. And the Times of London piles on with a new irony you gotta […]
November 20, 2013 10:57 by Simon Plosker The New York Times has responded to our criticism of the paper’s appalling choice of photo accompanying its story on the murder of an Israeli soldier. Your emails to NY Times Public Editor Margaret Sullivan certainly caught her attention. In her column she writes: Hundreds of readers wrote […]
November 19, 2013 16:33 by Pesach Benson Beirut was rocked by two suicide bombers outside the Iranian embassy. According to the Daily Star‘s early coverage, 25 people were killed, including an Iranian attache. Another 150 people were wounded. An Al-Qaida affiliate is claiming responsibility, but as usual, it’s Israel’s fault. Avi Issacharoff says Iran’s getting a taste of its […]
November 20, 2013 16:59 by Pesach Benson According to the Daily Star, the IDF’s concerned Hezbollah is digging tunnels under the Blue Line. The UNRWA’s outgoing chief says virtually all its Gaza projects are at a standstill, and you know whose fault that is. The Times of Israel quoted Filippi Grandi blaming Israel’s refusal to allow […]
November 18, 2013 15:55 by Pesach Benson The cash-strapped Palestinian Authority managed to find $50,000 and cushy jobs for the 26 terrorists freed in last month’s prisoner release. Issa Abd Rabbo, the most veteran of the prisoners released, received a $60,000 bonus, with the PA reportedly also offering to foot the bill for a wedding […]
November 17, 2013 14:14 by Pesach Benson Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah warned of war if Iran’s nuclear talks collapse. Ari Lieberman notes that the Party of God desperately needs the talks to succeed, and is even playing the same pipes of peace as the Obama administration. Whoda thought? A cash infusion, the byproduct of sanctions relief, […]
