The IDF’s closing of an investigation into a tragic incident during the 2009 Gaza conflict has been widely reported. Unsurprisingly, some media have referred back to the UN’s Goldstone Report....
A Year of Dishonest Reporting — Why The Guardian Won
Find out why The Guardian won the Dishonest Reporter Award.
Media Cheat Sheet 11/01/2011
Everything you need to know about today’s media coverage of Israel. Today’s big stories were UNESCO fallout, lingering issues from the recent Gaza rocketfire, and a surprising NY Times op-ed. UNESCO •...
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...
The Palestinian Statehood Push and ICC Jurisdiction
An upgraded statehood status in the UN gives the Palestinians entree for lawfare against Israel in the International Criminal Court. How bad do the Palestinians want to wage a legal war? In 2009, the PA...
Israel Goes Gaga Over Goldstone, Part 2
Yesterday’s stories that Judge Goldstone would help retract his UN report were too good to be true. AP quotes Goldstone straight from the horse’s mouth: Nevertheless, Goldstone said, he did...
Israel Goes Gaga Over Goldstone
What a day. First, AP reported on the UNHRC’s reaction to Judge Goldstone’s about-face: A spokesman for the U.N. Human Rights Council said for the report to be withdrawn Goldstone would have...
Why the NYT Didn’t Publish Goldstone’s Op-Ed, Part 2
Ben Smith at Politico has been in touch with the NY Times about why it didn’t publish Goldstone’s op-ed. Smith writes: Times spokeswoman Eileen Murphy emails, “We did in fact receive...
Panning BBC’s Panorama
BBC relies on spurious sources and manipulated testimony in its campaign to have Ariel Sharon branded a war criminal.
