Browsing Tag AP

Media Overplays Airport Security Issue

Sensationalist reporting of unusual Israeli security measures.

April 25, 2013 12:26 By : 18 Comments

Why Are Only Jews Referred to as Terrorists in the Media?

How did the media cover a Jewish terrorist?

April 10, 2013 14:17 By : 25 Comments

Yet Another Edition of “It All Started When Israel Fired Back”

More chronological inversion presents Israel as the aggressor.

April 3, 2013 8:53 By : 35 Comments

AP’s Self-Declared Jerusalem “Correction”

After referring to Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, AP feels it has to correct the record. On Friday morning, the wire service tweeted this article:  Within the hour, AP issued this correction: After...

November 17, 2012 22:00 By : 2 Comments

New York Times and The Guardian Starving Readers of Context

A balanced AP report is edited.

October 18, 2012 13:37 By : 14 Comments

IDF Soldier’s Death Vanishes in UK Media Coverage

A terrorist attack produces some shoddy headlines and reports.

September 23, 2012 12:29 By : 21 Comments

Demolition Orders: AP Razes Awareness

Khan Al-Ahmar school in 2010 Khan al-Ahmar, is a small Bedouin village that some foreign reporters find irresistible. That’s because its ramshackle school lies under the threat of Israeli demolition. Judging...

September 3, 2012 14:12 By : 3 Comments

Israel Made Me Beat My Wife, Part 2

Good thing The Guardian published its piece blaming Israel for Palestinian wife-beating yesterday. Had the story waited another day, it would’ve directly competed with an ugly murder demolishing...

August 2, 2012 12:24 By : 9 Comments

Bantustan and AP’s Word Count

AP could’ve cut down the word count by simply using the codeword, Bantustan: Under the 1990s interim accords that set up the Palestinian Authority and its disconnected islands of autonomy, the sides...

April 24, 2012 13:33 By : Leave a Comment

Richard Silverstein’s Fact-Checking Fail

Richard Silverstein Richard Silverstein’s interest in HonestReporting’s petition for Khulood Badawi’s dismissal shows his inability to get the facts straight. On Planet Silverstein, HonestReporting...

March 28, 2012 11:28 By : 2 Comments