The events of the past few days have generated some horrendous headlines. Here are just a few that we spotted.
Bibi Coverage: One Speech, Multiple Stories
Our look at some of the media coverage of the Netanyahu speech illustrates how we are at the mercy of one or two journalists and editors or the particular editorial or political line of a media outlet when it comes to coverage of Israel.
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?
Financial Times: No Interest in Principle
Israel’s three conditions for engaging Hamas are a matter of principle. You don’t negotiate with people who want to kill you. You don’t negotiate with people who don’t recognize...
Financial Times Unilaterally Decides on Israel’s Capital
Did the FT conveniently forget about Jerusalem when it appointed Tel Aviv as Israel’s seat of political power?
Selective Outrage: Israeli Facebook Photos Spark Media Circus
Why is the media so obsessed by one former Israeli soldier’s Facebook post at the expense of major Mideast news stories?
FT: Promoting Demonization & Boycotts
A Financial Times op-ed draws on the false apartheid parallel.
Breaking the Silence: More Rumor & Hearsay
The media rushes to promote another report based on unverifiable allegations from Gaza.
Israel-bashing in Medical Journals
Inserting anti-Israel rhetoric into ostensibly neutral academic literature
Debunking Durban
Even traditionally anti-Israel publications joined in the near-universal condemnation of the UN Conference on Racism.
