Browsing Tag photo bias

Here we go again. What do you think was going through the mind of the photo editor at the New York Times when he chose this image to accompany a story that “time is running out” for an Israeli...

Take a good look at the photo, the caption and the date, then ask yourself: What am I looking at? And what is this soldier looking at? The caption was certainly strange: The image isn’t dated, but...

Editors have indulged in selective reporting or under reporting of important stories from Israel. Did you get the full picture?

Don’t believe everything they tell you. Fact check everything. The most important lesson of Journalism 101 is an adage familiar to all reporters: If your mother says she loves you, check it out. Do...

The three international wire services consistently employ photo bias to show IDF soldiers in a dehumanized way.

Wire services habitually portray terrorists as ordinary Palestinians who fell victim to IDF brutality, a theme that the terrorist organizations are only too happy to encourage.

Candles are the image of choice for Hamas to paint a picture of Gaza under siege and suffering from electrical shortages, which can be blamed solely on Israel.

For years, Palestinian rock throwers and press photographers have been feeding off each other. The kids appear in a steady flow of images reinforcing the David-and-Goliath narrative, and photographers...

The UK’s Foreign Secretary describes Israel as “belligerent” in an interview with The Times. But what photo did The Times use online?

There was absolutely no news at the IDF’s Bethlehem checkpoint, but get a load of this photo serving only to dehumanize the army. Palestinians pass through a security checkpoint at the Bethlehem...