Ha’aretz Illustrates Its Own Bias
October 23, 2012 14:40 by Simon PloskerIf any other newspaper in the world had come up with the following photograph to illustrate the story below, there would be understandable outrage:
According to the story in Ha’aretz (republished from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, which did not include a photo), the aforementioned Tracey Nelson worked for the New York Jewish Federation, yet nowhere is it stated that she is Jewish, let alone an ultra-orthodox male.
Ha’aretz simply illustrated its own bias when it comes to a story involving Jews, theft and money.
Had Ha’aretz bothered to find a photo of the real Tracey Nelson, this is what they would have found in the pages of the New York Daily News and elsewhere:
Need I say more?
UPDATE
Looks like Ha’aretz has been suitably embarrassed. Only an hour or so after HonestReporting published this post, the offending photo has been replaced with the one below:
Someone seems to have been in a bit of a hurry though. I’m not sure the New York Police Department would be pleased to be referred to as the “NYDP”.
Daniel Breslauer
11:26 am
Oct 30, 2012
Bad choice by some low-level employee. The article comes from the JTA, not from Haaretz. Now as for Haaretz, they are the most Haredi-friendly paper of all non-Haredi papers. A few examples: http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/fear-of-haredim-1.404011 , http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/the-left-has-always-persecuted-orthodox-jews-1.371878 , http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/gur-hasidim-and-sexual-separation-1.410811 , http://www.haaretz.com/general/harvard-of-the-haredim-1.148623 , http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/when-modest-becomes-extreme-1.399143 , http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/business/an-overstretched-safety-net-1.12637 …
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Daniel Breslauer
11:27 am
Oct 30, 2012
Continued from previous post (700 characters is not enough!):
All of these Haaretz articles, if not positive, are at the very least absolutely neutral and objective and serious articles about issues involving Haredim. I challenge you or anyone who ‘likes’ this HonestReporting article to show us a couple of comparable links from Ynet, NRG or any other Israeli news site (English or Hebrew). Of course, you could also save yourself some time and simply admit that I’m right.
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Michele
8:27 pm
Nov 02, 2012
If I read the piece correctly, the news by JTA had no photo attached. So the photograph was chosen by Ha’aretz. By a low level employee? Well, maybe. So what? Is Ha’aretz Haredi-friendly? Well, maybe. So what? The photo is misguiding, and has nothing to do with the news. Is this shoddy journalism? Definitely.
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David - Pro-Palestine and anti-hamas
2:28 am
Dec 16, 2012
A) – What does the PICTURE shown by this AMERICAN “newspaper” have to DO with the CASE?
The “caption” goes: ” AMERICAN ORTHODOX JEWS IN … “. With LOTS of POLICE CARS standing JUST behind them, THREE POLICE CARS.
as if USA should FOLLOW HITLER and ARREST AND PUT ALL JEWS INTO GUANTANAMO.
the HITLER KKK PROJECT.
this IS BAD NEWS for the US PRESS. it is apparently TOTALLY NAZI now.
usa on the ANTISEMITISM trip.
B) also IN THIS CASE. WE JEWS MUST TAKE WHAT WE CAN. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO SURVIVE. IF THE MONEY GOES TO ISRAEL, I HEREBY SANCTION AND CONDONE WHATEVER. WHATEVER. PERIOD.
!!!
yea GET RICH YOU DOOF LAZY AMERICANS and ABOLISH DA IRS, BUT SUPPORT ISRAEL you SHMUCKS. I demand it. !!
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