The BBC issues a rare acknowledgment of fault.
2011 Dishonest Reporting Awards
Our yearly roundup of the worst excesses of the media in 2011.
Media Cheat Sheet 10/10/2011
Commentary • I’m starting off with a great Wall St. Journal staff-ed (click via Google News) about the “Cinderella story” of Daniel Shechtman’s chemistry research: Today, Mr....
Itamar Massacre Followup: BBC Turnaround Improves
Hakim Awad was convicted of murdering Udi and Ruth Fogel, along with three of their children in the Itamar massacre. Almost as notable as the conviction is that the BBC picked up on the story quickly....
Assessing Weekend Coverage
• Two Palestinians, Amjad Awad, 19, and Hakim Awad 18, have confessed to brutally murdering the Fogel family. Haaretz reports that six other people from the Palestinian village of Awarta were arrested...
Bagshawe Beats Down BBC
The Jewish Chronicle reports: Louise Bagshawe The BBC has admitted that the horrific murders of the Fogel family last month should have been covered on their 24 hour news channel. The massacre, in which...
Louise Bagshawe: Still Waiting For BBC Reply on Fogel Failures
It’s been a few days since Louise Bagshawe asked in the pages of the Daily Telegraph if the BBC really cared about the slaughter of the Fogel family. Certainly ample time for Beeb executives to...
Reuters Redefines Terrorist Attack
Following a deadly bombing in Jerusalem, Reuters attributes the term “terrorism” as something solely in the minds of Israelis.
UK Politician Slams BBC Over Silence On Itamar Murders
Louise Bagshawe Hats off to British MP Louise Bagshawe for taking the BBC to task for its coverage or rather, lack of coverage of the brutal murders of the Fogel family in Itamar. Writing in the Daily...
Daily Mail’s Disgusting Letter
The Daily Mail publishes an anti-Israel letter without even bothering to check the false allegations.
