HonestReporting has been working around the clock to identify and respond to the worst media bias since the appalling events of October 7 and the subsequent launch of Israeli military action against Hamas.
You can already see many of the posts that we’ve published on our website but here’s a roundup of just some of the issues and media outlets that we’ve flagged on social media over the past several days that didn’t make it into full articles.
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TAKE ACTION NOW: You can make a difference. We’ve included contact details for many of the examples of media bias below. Please send your considered comments to the media and hold them accountable.
Wall St Journal Implies Racist Israeli Immigration Policy
Shame on @WSJ for this misguided implication that Israel's immigration rules are somehow racist or discriminatory against non-Jews.https://t.co/THyix09bpI
Here's a 🧵 on why the WSJ has got it wrong. 1/5 pic.twitter.com/sRI03YalvE
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) December 24, 2023
Contact: [email protected]
Associated Press Won’t Report Hamas and Red Cross Hypocrisy
Hypocrisy #1: @AP reports that Hamas has called on the Red Cross to pressure Israeli authorities to reveal the whereabouts & conditions of detained Gazans.
Hypocrisy #2: AP won't mention the Red Cross's failure to access Israeli hostages held by Hamas.https://t.co/pYhHM7QFRf
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) December 24, 2023
Open AP Customer Zone & select Editorial and News from the dropdown options: https://customerzone.ap.org/cz/s/contactsupport
Vox Claims Israel Carries Out ‘State-Sponsored’ Sexual Violence Against Palestinians
"State-sponsored" definition: supported & operated by the government of a state.
Claiming that sexual violence against Palestinians is supported & operated by the Israeli government is one hell of a libel for @voxdotcom to publish.https://t.co/9y84oBNb6n pic.twitter.com/0Ce1uQbbyg
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) December 24, 2023
Contact Vox’s Director of Newsroom Standards and Ethics Tanya Pai: [email protected]
New York Times and Washington Post Still Parroting Hamas-Supplied Casualty Figures
Despite the Gaza health ministry being run by Hamas and never including dead combatants in its casualty figures, this is @nytimes latest boilerplate reference to the Palestinian death toll.
Not even a disclaimer. Just accepting the word of a terror org.https://t.co/7vHp39LUg3 pic.twitter.com/1tkQq83rPr
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) December 24, 2023
Contact: [email protected]
Earlier we asked if it was @washingtonpost policy to simply regurgitate Hamas talking points.
Given that the Gaza Health Ministry is run by Hamas & it's impossible that every dead Palestinian was a civilian, it looks like we have the answer to our question.… https://t.co/92sm1X64aJ pic.twitter.com/BGIoMO3ixZ
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) December 20, 2023
Contact the Washington Post Readers Representative: [email protected]
BBC Omits Key Info to Tarnish Israel
Why does @BBCArabic cameraman Jehad El-Mashhrawi omit that the tragic death of his son in 2012 was the result of a misfired Palestinian rocket?
Is there anything else he omits in his heartbreaking firsthand Gaza experience in order to blame Israel?https://t.co/F2Xh01lpLc
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) December 21, 2023
Follow the BBC’s complaints procedure: https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/complaints/make-a-complaint/#/Complaint
ABC Australia Produces BDS Promo Video
Why is Australia's public broadcaster producing what amounts to a BDS promo video? And @ABCaustralia leaves out what BDS is really about – campaigning for the end of Israel as a Jewish state. https://t.co/pf3LhbvKrK
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) December 21, 2023
Fill in ABC News Australia’s complaint form: https://www.abc.net.au/contact/complain.htm
NPR Creates Moral Equivalence Between Israeli Hostages and Palestinian Prisoners
No, @NPR, there is no "hostage swap." Palestinians held in Israeli jails are not hostages; they are there because of their involvement in terror-related offenses. There is no moral equivalence.
Please change your headline like @AP has already done.https://t.co/4nkFBvo0TS pic.twitter.com/4yXo3dtac3
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) December 21, 2023
Contact NPR Public Editor: https://help.npr.org/contact/s/contact?request=Ask-the-Public-Editor-about-ethics
Reuters Omits Key Context on West Bank Casualty Figures
According to the IDF, the majority of Palestinians killed in the West Bank in 2023 were shot dead during clashes amid arrest raids, and many of them were armed with either a firearm or an explosive device.
But @Reuters doesn't want you to know that.https://t.co/NKjFoWb1IM pic.twitter.com/LcCP7Ns0RB
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) December 19, 2023
Contact Reuters Customer Support: https://liaison.reuters.com/contact-us
NPR: October 7 Terrorists Were ‘Hamas-backed Militants’
According to @NPR's @NPRKelly, they weren't actual Hamas terrorists who kidnapped the Israeli hostages but were rather "Hamas-backed militants." 🤦♂️https://t.co/8NX3trh347 pic.twitter.com/nKZWesRreJ
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) December 19, 2023
Contact NPR Public Editor: https://help.npr.org/contact/s/contact?request=Ask-the-Public-Editor-about-ethics
New York Times Relies on Israeli Misquote to Make Claim Against IDF
Trust @nytimes to rely on a misquote attributed to one Israeli (the IDF Spokesman, not "comments by Israeli leaders") to make a claim that Israel's military may not be acting legally.https://t.co/qkCgybVcLs pic.twitter.com/rODcIBL4pI
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) December 18, 2023
Contact: [email protected]
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