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.
Telegraph Commits a Capital Offense
Please, @Telegraph, stop using Tel Aviv as a synonym for Israel's capital Jerusalem.https://t.co/pVQStlJK3N pic.twitter.com/Mzdz6vqOGP
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) January 3, 2024
Open Contact Us form and select Editorial from the dropdown option: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/contact-us
New York Times Diminishes the Impact of a Hamas New Year’s Eve Rocket Barrage
To say that hundreds of thousands of Israelis were sent fleeing to bomb shelters on New Year's Eve would be a conservative estimate.
For @nytimes, however, it was only "scores." Yet another attempt to diminish Hamas' rocket attacks on Israeli cities.https://t.co/6PSWNr6JsI pic.twitter.com/nNRF6Ajifb
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) January 2, 2024
Contact: [email protected]
ABC News Creates a Moral Equivalence Between Hamas Rockets & Israeli Counterstrikes
No, @ElizLanders there was no "rocket fire exchange between Israel and Hamas in Gaza."
Hamas launched indiscriminate rockets at Israeli civilian centers while the IDF struck Hamas targets in Gaza.
Try harder, @ABC pic.twitter.com/Q72Bjam8DM
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) January 1, 2024
Fill in the ABC News Feedback Form: https://support.abc.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=360003079511
Wall St. Journal Misses Thousands of Gazan Work Permit Holders
Hey, @WSJ, if 2007 marked the end of decades in which many Gazans worked inside Israel, how do you explain some 18,000 Gazans who held work permits to enter Israel just before October 7?https://t.co/migmqJ4VXU pic.twitter.com/zHaouIzkjr
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) December 31, 2023
Contact: [email protected]
Associated Press Diminishes a Palestinian Rape Threat to Israeli Hostage
.@AP reports that Israeli hostage Mia Schem was afraid that her captor "might try to harm her."
Her actual words described her fear of being raped. Not "harmed."
How, AP, is diminishing the threat of a Palestinian sexual crime acceptable reporting?https://t.co/VAcdCoHGSQ pic.twitter.com/VvQ4XbbZwV
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) December 31, 2023
Open AP Customer Zone & select Editorial and News from the dropdown options: https://customerzone.ap.org/cz/s/contactsupport
The Times of London’s Editorializing Headline
Not only is "savage" an entirely inappropriate description of Israel's military actions but the phrase doesn't even appear in the story.
So why has @thetimes quoted it in a headline to falsely imply Israel's bombing is lacking in any restraint?https://t.co/GgCVbxcsRE pic.twitter.com/VeYiRyFkGI
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) December 28, 2023
Contact The Times at [email protected]
Washington Post Parrots Organ Theft Libel
"The claims could not be independently verified" has become a lame disclaimer for @washingtonpost and other media to print the blood libels of a terrorist org instead of treating them with the disdain they deserve. https://t.co/TgXvY1jRiq pic.twitter.com/7HY7JKz529
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) December 27, 2023
Contact the Washington Post Readers Representative: [email protected]
CNN Can’t See What’s In Front of its Face
How is it possible that media are prepared to wildly speculate about Israeli responsibility for almost everything in Gaza but when Palestinians are likely shooting at their own people, @CNN claims to have absolutely no idea who is responsible? https://t.co/Uvzy7pFpBC pic.twitter.com/N5HssnLk7s
— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) December 25, 2023
(Note: CNN has removed its online feedback form, thereby denying its audience an easy way to contact the network. CNN can still be contacted at the following number: 1-404-827-1500)
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