Israel at War: The Media Battlefield – Briefing #6

HonestReporting has been working around the clock to identify and respond to the worst media bias since the appalling events…

By Simon Plosker November 06, 2023

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 on many of the examples of media bias below. Please send your considered comments to the media and hold them accountable.

Time Magazine Whitewashes Hamas

Contact: [email protected]

 

Reuters Questions Israeli Blood

Contact Reuters Customer Support: https://liaison.reuters.com/contact-us

 

New York Times Diminishes Hamas Massacre

Contact: [email protected]

 

Sky News Analyst Claims Israel Disregards Palestinian Civilians

Contact: [email protected]

 

BBC News Gets Fooled By Hamas Actor

Follow the BBC’s complaints procedure: https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/complaints/make-a-complaint/#/Complaint

 

Sky News’ Reductionist History of Hamas

Contact: [email protected]

 

NYT Portrays Israeli Operation as Mindless Violence

Contact: [email protected]

 

Kristof’s False Moral Equivalence

Contact: [email protected]

 

NYT Whitewashes Radical Fringe Jewish Org

Contact: [email protected]

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Simon Plosker

Simon Plosker

With over two decades of experience in various non-governmental organizations in the UK and Israel, Simon Plosker returned to HonestReporting in October 2022 as Editorial Director having previously been part of the organization’s management team from 2005 to 2020.

Prior to his first spell at HonestReporting, Simon worked in Israel for NGO Monitor, BICOM, and served for a short period in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. He was Managing Editor of the Geneva-based NGO United Nations Watch for two years before moving back to the frontline defending Israel from media bias.

Simon has a BSoc.Sc in International Studies and Political Science from the University of Birmingham and an MSc in History of International Relations from the London School of Economics. He immigrated to Israel in 2001 from London.

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