Someone alerted me to this little gem he heard on Israel’s Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) on its breakfast show this morning. Discussing the riots in the UK, The Guardian’s Martin Wainwright was...
UK Riots Expose Media Muck
The riots afflicting London and other parts of the UK have made headline news around the world. What has this got to do with coverage of the Middle East however?
It’s the Arms Smuggling, Stupid
The Guardian’s Harriet Sherwood had an exciting time with Gaza fishermen who regularly encounter the Israeli navy enforcing a three-mile limit. Although The Guardian’s been-there done-that,...
Media Palispins a Poll
A poll reveals some disturbing findings questioning Palestinian attitudes to peace with Israel. But how did the media spin the results?
The Guardian Politicizes Mideast Peas
Food for thought: Falafel, those deep-fried chick peas served up with pita, tehina, and veggies at restaurants across the Mideast is not an Israeli creation. So why is The Guardian‘s Harriet Sherwood...
The Guardian: Still Spinning the Flotilla
The flotilla movement never made it a secret that its second convoy was a political stunt to embarrass Israel. Pretentions of delivering humanitarian aid were always secondary. And yet The Guardian implies...
Gay Girl in Damascus Hoax: Pinkwashing Israel and Sock Puppetry Extraordinaire
By now, it’s all over the internet that Gay Girl in Damascus was outed. Amina Arraf — a Syrian lesbian and emerging voice for gay Arabs whose views on the Arab Spring gained prominence in...
Bedouin Schools: Razing, Reading and Writing
The fact that a Bedouin school is in Khan al-Ahmar is illegally built and unsafe is unimportant to The Guardian, compared to the rights of indigenous people to let their kids crawl through sewage pipes...
How Legal The Guardian’s Soapbox for Hamas?
In The Guardian‘s print edition, Hamas spinmeister Musa Abu Marzook disses President Obama’s recent while plugging the Palestinian unity coalition. Hamas is on the UK list of proscribed terror...
A Dramatic Example of The Guardian’s Groupthink
Stephen Pollard explains a strange phone call revealing something about the mentality of The Guardian staff. Pollard, the top editor of the Jewish Chronicle, was harangued by The Guardian’s Israel...
