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Student Group Visits HR International Headquarters

A group of 35 students from New Jersey’s Golda Och Academy learned the basics of anti-Israel media bias and how to counter it last week during a visit to HonestReporting’s International Headquarters. The...

April 14, 2013 15:36 By : Leave a Comment

Amira Hass’s Brazen Support for Violence

Haaretz reporter Amira Hass has stirred up a new controversy this week with a blatant defense of Palestinian violence: “Throwing stones is the birthright and duty of anyone subject to foreign rule,”...

April 5, 2013 9:39 By : 18 Comments

Five Media Spins to Watch for During Obama Visit

Watch for these issues that come up in reporting on Israel.

March 20, 2013 17:40 By : 33 Comments

Guest Post: Doctors Respond to Lancet Article on Israeli Doctors and Torture

Medical publication diminishes its credibility with unsubstantiated claims and inflammatory headlines.

March 18, 2013 16:04 By : 40 Comments

When in Doubt, Blame the Jews…or the Settlements

It may not beat the unbridled anti-Semitism expressed by British peer, Lord Nazir Ahmed, who, according to the Times of London, blamed Jews “who own newspapers and TV channels” for his 2009 jail sentence...

March 14, 2013 21:12 By : 11 Comments

The Need to Counter ‘Incendiary Rhetoric’ Against Israel

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who’s made bashing Israel a spectator sport for Israel haters, raised some eyebrows recently when he blithely referred to Zionism as a “crime against...

March 7, 2013 14:22 By : 10 Comments

Inmate Death: What the Media Chose to Ignore

When is a terrorist not a terrorist? Apparently, when it doesn’t fit the media’s narrative.

February 27, 2013 14:13 By : 56 Comments

Khulood Badawi Finally Fired from UN

Nearly a full year after HonestReporting exposed False Photo Tweeter Khulood Badawi as a staff member of the Jerusalem branch of the UN Office of Coordinated Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the UN has concluded...

February 7, 2013 11:16 By : 12 Comments

Another Dispiriting Lesson from the New York Times

In a staff-ed in Tuesday’s New York Times, editors argue that a “dispiriting lesson” from Chuck Hagel’s nomination process is that “the political space for discussing Israel forthrightly...

February 5, 2013 15:02 By : 2 Comments

HR Awarded ‘Hasby” for Best Media Monitor

HonestReporting is proud to announce that we’ve been named Best Mainstream Media Watchdog in Elder of Ziyon’s annual “Hasby” Awards. In a close race, HR beat out fellow nominees...

January 30, 2013 11:57 By : Leave a Comment