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HR Comment: Media Crossing the Line

Journalists on board Gaza-bound flotilla will be active participants in an illegal act says HR Managing Editor Simon Plosker in an opinion piece for YNet News.

June 23, 2011 11:04 By : 24 Comments

False Photo Incites on Facebook

Our Shattered Lens series examined how the wire services misused photo imagery to distort coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But what about unattributed photos that are deliberately used to...

June 16, 2011 9:04 By : 12 Comments

Gay Girl in Damascus Hoax: Pinkwashing Israel and Sock Puppetry Extraordinaire

By now, it’s all over the internet that Gay Girl in Damascus was outed. Amina Arraf — a Syrian lesbian and emerging voice for gay Arabs whose views on the Arab Spring gained prominence in...

June 14, 2011 18:18 By : 7 Comments

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?

June 6, 2011 16:12 By : 35 Comments

Miami Lies: Herald Publishes Apartheid Smear Op-Ed

The Miami Herald gives a platform for an anti-Israel extremist to spread apartheid smears against Israel.

June 6, 2011 13:19 By : 20 Comments

Behind the Scenes – The Making of Jerusalem: The Media Myth of Two Cities

With the release of HR’s latest video - Jerusalem: The Media Myth of Two Cities, and the launch of our new Facebook community page, The History of Jerusalem Did Not Start in 1967, I sat down with...

May 19, 2011 15:16 By : Leave a Comment

VIDEO: Jerusalem – The Media Myth of Two Cities

Since Jerusalem was reunified in 1967, shopping malls and busy streets have replaced the barbed wire that once split the city in two. Yet the Media stubbornly cling to the notion that there are two separate cities of Jerusalem, East and West, and that the eastern half, including the Western Wall in the Old City, lacks Jewish legitimacy.

May 18, 2011 13:55 By : 9 Comments

Flotilla 2: NY Times Sinks the Truth

A New York Times report on the latest flotilla is a shoddy piece of journalism, lacking in vital context, missing any Israeli comment and adopting the false narrative provided by anti-Israel activists well versed in manipulating the media for their cause.

May 15, 2011 16:09 By : 28 Comments

Financial Times Loses Grip on Reality

Why does the Financial Times cling to the previously accepted wisdom that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the fulcrum at the heart of the Middle East’s troubles and consider Hamas a credible peace partner?

May 5, 2011 14:40 By : 21 Comments

Newsweek Starstruck by Abbas

Dan Ephron’s report on Mahmoud Abbas reads like a tribute to the PA leader, not the work of a professional journalist.

April 27, 2011 15:43 By : 19 Comments