What does the media do when an Israeli spy story actually involves no Israelis?
Washington Post: Yesterday’s Opinions Today
By Sunday August 21, hundreds of rockets had fallen on southern Israel following a terrorist attack near Eilat. Israel had responded with air strikes. No surprise then that the Washington Post’s...
New York Times: It Started When Israel Fired Back
Why is it that the New York Times still cannot distinguish the moral differences between Palestinian terror and Israeli measures to defend its citizens?
BBC Pounds Israel
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?
Israel Terror Attack: CNN Breaking News = Broken News
In the immediate aftermath of a multiple terror attack north of Israel’s southernmost city of Eilat, the full details of the horror have yet to be fully processed. As breaking news happens, it can...
BBC Balen Battle to Continue
We were deeply saddened when UK lawyer Steven Sugar died in January of this year. Sugar had campaigned tirelessly in the courts to force the BBC to publicly release the Balen Report – the corporation’s ...
Media Palispins a Poll
A poll reveals some disturbing findings questioning Palestinian attitudes to peace with Israel. But how did the media spin the results?
BBC’s Dogged Denial
When will the BBC be big enough to admit when it has committed an error instead of wriggling out of an outright retraction?
Sleeping Dogs Don’t Lie – But the Press Does
A bizarre and untrue story originating in the Israeli press concerning a dog “sentenced to death by stoning” is picked up by the international media.
Syria Pays Cash For Riot, Media Takes Propaganda For Free
Once again, a flood of headlines present Israel as an aggressor responsible for the deaths of dozens of unarmed civilians. Was this really a peaceful protest or another Syrian-engineered attempt to breach Israel’s border? Where did the media get it right and where did it go wrong?
