Vote for the Dishonest Reporter of 2012
November 4, 2012 15:35 by Pesach Benson
In addition to that that other election, now’s the time to vote for the Dishonest Reporter of 2012. It’s our annual recognition of the year’s most skewed and biased coverage of Israel and the Mideast conflict.
Make your voice heard and please choose one of the five nominees below, along with a brief explanation of your choice. (You may also nominate someone else not on the list). We’ll announce the ignoble winners in a few weeks.
There are three ways to vote:
- Post a comment below.
- Post a comment on HonestReporting’s Facebook page.
- Send an email to action@honestreporting.com
The five nominees (in no particular order)
- Gideon Levy: Haaretz journalist, for a survey dishonestly concluding that Israelis support racist, apartheid policies.
- Vincent Browne: Veteran Irish journalist, who called Israel a “cancer” on TV.
- 60 Minutes: For the CBS News show’s imbalanced look at the status of Christians in the Holy Land.
- The Guardian: For flying in the face of reality and insisting that Tel Aviv is Israel’s capital.
- Khulood Badawi: UN staffer whose false photo tweet demonizing Israel went viral.
Due to the volume of mail, we can’t acknowledge nominations. For old times sake, see who HonestReporting readers gave the 2011 awards to.
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David Kravitz
8:52 am
Nov 08, 2012
I nominate Gideon Levy
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Jay Berkman
8:42 pm
Nov 08, 2012
I vote for Khulood Badawi. His is more than dishonest reporting. It’s a resurrection of the blood libel.
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Alexandra
10:38 pm
Nov 08, 2012
I vote for Gideon Levy: Haaretz journalist, for a survey dishonestly concluding that Israelis support racist, apartheid policies.
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Julesg
3:49 am
Nov 09, 2012
I vote for Gideon Levy. Jews and Israelis slandering Israel are loved and quoted by all other news sources.
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Aleksander Migdal
9:15 am
Nov 09, 2012
Gideon Levy ! Haaretz journalist, for a survey dishonestly concluding that Israelis support racist, apartheid policies with 503 voices in a sample.
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Ellen Peck
4:21 pm
Nov 09, 2012
My vote goes to 60 Minutes. The whole segment was a total lie.
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George
9:59 am
Nov 10, 2012
I nominate RT overall and specifically that annoying South African femi-journo who likes to stress in each of her broadcasts that Tel Aviv is the capital of Israel.
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Andrés Rosendo
11:56 pm
Nov 10, 2012
I choose Gideon Levy and his fake survey/conclusions. Because illustrates distortion, manipulation, lies and demonization against Israel and its people.
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Maurice Ashton
7:10 pm
Nov 11, 2012
Gideon Levy
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cba
9:10 pm
Nov 11, 2012
I think it has to be Gideon Levy. His lies and distortions are picked up and repeated around the world, with the “gushpanka” of having being written by an Israeli. “See, even ISRAELIS agree that Israel is evil.”
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Bernie Mandell
9:35 pm
Nov 11, 2012
So much of what was once a respected, profession has degenerated into a dishonest muck-raking gang of evil propogandists, it is difficult to single out the worst of the worse, Having once been part of that profession, I feel shame for its degeneration.
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rudebutcool
12:56 pm
Nov 12, 2012
Can we actually refer to these people as journalists anymore? Were the Nazi propagandists any different about disemminating misinformation than these and plenty more> Did anyone refer to the Nazis misinformation writers as journalists?< They are nothing more than propagandists, with no center, only an agenda to move towards. Alinsky would be proud. Gerrbells would be proud. I am not proud.
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Reuven
6:46 am
Nov 13, 2012
Gideon Levy should win. His hatred for Israel, and especially the so-called “settlers,” is an obsession. The anti-Israel, Haaretz, which is now partly German-owned, should be boycotted by all Israelis, until it becomes bankrupt and ceases to publish its lies.
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Darren
12:31 pm
Nov 15, 2012
Definitely the Guardian, calling Tel Aviv the capital!
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Elliot Colton
1:27 pm
Nov 21, 2012
Gideon Levy. What a shmuck!
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David - Pro-Palestine and anti-hamas
12:58 am
Dec 16, 2012
uhm…. on yahoo, all commentators would STRAIGHT AWAY come with their BRONCO PHALANX which UNILATERALLY (they don’t know what that means, but anyway, not less strong and charismatic by sheer brunt grunt force
SCREAMS:
” HANG ALL THOSE LIARS !!! HANG EM HIGH !!! ”
BUT NOT concerning ISRAEL now, of course, most yahoo commentators would not talk like that.
still, they would “GRILL” all those people displayed and disclosed above as KROUT NEONAZIS.
virtually. AND THAT WOULD have REAL political and LIFE–REAL, LEGAL consequences.
The PRESS is ONLY THEN FREE, when it TELLS THE TRUTH no MATTER WHAT -
but that IS NOT, what those people disclosed by the superbe HONREP here did and do!
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David - Pro-Palestine and anti-hamas
1:10 am
Dec 16, 2012
What makes me ESPECIALLY ANGRY as a JEW is the SAD FACT that SOME JEWS fight AMONGST EACHOTHER.
WHO THUMBED ANYONE HERE DOWN. not justified. ALL People here, as commentators, and foremostly the excellent real Hero HonestReporting, say the Truth here, and nothing but the Truth.
I urge the Jewish and the WHOLE non- and anti-racist communities of the WORLD hereby to MUCH MORE SOLIDARITY among non-abusive People OF ALL SORTS.
Thus, we shall prevail and vanquish hamas hizbolla alkaida jihad. by both education, information, and where needs be, BY THE SWORDE.
I HAVE SPOKEN, RABOYSAY.
fanatics of ALL countries have no chance if WE STAND TALL.
that game persian gulf inferno wasn’t so wrong
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