In the hours after the terrible terrorist attack near Eilat that left 8 Israelis dead and many more wounded, what was the BBC’s headline story? Once again, in true BBC style, the story is not about a terrorist attack on Israelis but on Israeli counter-measures, presented as aggressive actions. And what did the BBC choose […]
Why is it that the New York Times still cannot distinguish the moral differences between Palestinian terror and Israeli measures to defend its citizens? Take a look at this headline and accompanying photo from the NY Times’ August 20 story: Why did the NY Times purposely choose an emotive image of a Palestinian child’s funeral? […]
Headlines often set the entire tone of an article and are the first things that the reader sees. The events of the past few days have generated some horrendous headlines. Here are just a few that we spotted: Perhaps the worst headline belonged to The Independent, which attributed to Israel uniquely malevolent qualities. Was Israel […]
The laughable propaganda coming out of the Iranian regime aimed at the British authorities’ handling of recent riots has descended to even more embarrassing levels. Not content with publicly criticizing UK police “brutality” and “human rights abuses”, Iran has published photos of the riots to illustrate their point. Or have they? The Guardian reports: Iranian […]
The riots afflicting London and other parts of the UK have made headline news around the world. What has this got to do with coverage of the Middle East however? Often, anti-Israel bias or activism is but one part of an individual’s or even a media outlet’s overall world view or political slant. While reserving […]
The UK has been recognized as one of the globe’s major centers of anti-Israel activity in the assault on Israel’s legitimacy. This is reflected in the amount of material that HonestReporting continues to dedicate to the UK media, which is itself a major contributor to the hostile environment that has encouraged the demonization of Israel […]
The following correction has been published in The Independent relating to an article by Robert Fisk on the Arab Spring: In his Friday essay on 15 April 2011 (“The Arab Awakening – a long time coming”) Robert Fisk quoted from an order said to have been issued by the Saudi Minister of the Interior, HRH […]
Congratulations to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon for taking the initiative in the vital battleground of social media. [youtube XGYxLWUKwWo nolink] Ayalon’s YouTube video “The Truth About the West Bank” is evidently considered to be such a threat to the distorted Palestinian historical narrative that Saeb Erekat (who […]
Media Palispins a Poll An important press conference took place in Jerusalem last week, with the release of a poll of Palestinian attitudes commissioned by The Israel Project. The findings presented a very mixed bag, some positive and others extremely disturbing. There were some positives to be taken from the poll such as a majority […]
Media Fans Flames of Mossad Kiwi Conspiracy What is it that compels mainstream media outlets to buy into conspiracy theories surrounding the all-powerful hidden hand of the Mossad? Despite the fact that the latest piece of conspiracy journalism from New Zealand has already been investigated and found to be bogus, many media outlets just couldn’t […]
