Our yearly roundup of the worst excesses of the media in 2011.
Any Journo Would’ve Interviewed Shalit if Given the Chance
Shahira Amin As journalists debate the ethics of the Gilad Shalit interview, Lawrence Pintak, the dean of the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, calls a spade a spade. He writes in the Columbia...
Red Cross Did Not Examine Gilad Shalit Before Controversial Egyptian Interview
That Egyptian interview with Gilad Shalit took place before any medics had a chance to check his condition. Investigative journalist Richard Behar (Forbes) blows the lid: Last week, I sent an email to...
Media Cheat Sheet 10/24/2011
Everything you need to know about today’s media coverage of Israel. Gilad Shalit Shahira Amin • Egyptian journalist Shahira Amin writes an open letter to Israel explaining her interview with Gilad...
Media Cheat Sheet 10/23/2011
Everything you need to know about today’s media’s coverage of Israel. Gilad Shalit • This Patrick Chappatte cartoon sums up Faisal Al Qasim’s Gulf News commentary (via IsraellyCool)...
3 Questions From The In-Box
After a week off (mostly), it’s time to clear out the in-box. Here are three interesting questions. 1. What was Hamas trying to accomplish with that nasty Shalit interview on Egyptian TV? That...
Gilad Shalit Comes Home in the Eye of the Media
After five years in captivity, Gilad Shalit has finally returned home.
