Aleppo's al-Farabi Hospital after a Syrian airstrike While everyone watched Israel and Hamas slug it out, the Syrian civil war continued. So you can be forgiven for missing a Syrian airstrike on a...
War in Gaza: Putting the Prop in Propaganda
The Palestinians are putting the prop in propaganda. NPR’s Andy Carvin — a master at fusing journalism and Twitter — sees through the spin games. I’d embed the video, but it’s...
Is the Syrian First Lady Discussing Death in Homs or Gaza?
A very clever video. The Lede explains what this is all about: A video blogger has remixed footage of an interview Asma al-Assad gave to CNN in 2009, in which Syria’s British-born first lady decried...
Press TV Faked 1,370 Somali Deaths By US Drones
Want another reason to ban Press TV? The Bureau of Investigative Journalism accuses Iran’s Press TV of “faking dozens of accounts of US drone strikes in Somalia which it says killed hundreds...
Media Cheat Sheet 10/5/2011
Yesterday, I began blogging the daily media roundups I already prepare for the HonestReporting staff’s in-house use. It covers a lot of the issues, trends in coverage, and developments I see in the...
Gadaffi, MSM, Can’t Find Civilian Casualties
Col. Gadaffi’s says Western airstrikes on Libya are killing lots of civilians. Robert Gates calls Gadaffi a liar. As David Wood explains, it can be difficult for coalition pilots to discern between...
Credit for Not Hitting Libyan Civilians?
Sky News reports that an RAF mission to hit Libyan targets was aborted: The Ministry of Defence said Sunday night’s planned attack was called off as Tornado jets neared their undisclosed target. Strategic...
The New York Times: A Year-Long Analysis
Does a long term study of the New York Times reveal a bias against Israel?
Bold Distortions and Outright Lies
A Reuters photo turns out to be an outright lie, manipulated to make damage in Beirut appear much worse than reality.
