Editors Consider the "T-Word"
Two Florida papers revisit their refusal to call Hamas and Islamic Jihad "terrorists"; from one only, a policy change.
ManagingTeam
September 2, 2003
The Gaza Strip is a coastal enclave bordered by Israel and Egypt. Since 2007, Hamas has ruled the territory, turning it into a launching pad for terrorism and violence against Israel.
Two Florida papers revisit their refusal to call Hamas and Islamic Jihad "terrorists"; from one only, a policy change.
News outlets accept a disingenious Hamas statement as fact, thereby denying Hamas' ongoing terror.
The Christian Science Monitor determines that the most serious injury twin suicide bombings inflicted was not to actual human victims, but to Palestinian political goals.
The San Diego Union-Tribune compares the death of an innocent terror victim to Rachel Corrie's.
A one-month study of Reuters headlines reveals clear bias in Reuters' Mideast coverage.
The media displace the road map's terms with those of the hudna — an internal Palestinian deal.
An inaccurate AP caption identifies a non-existent movement for peace on the Palestinian street.
This week, there were two historic political events in the Middle East. In one, Israeli
The media translate "hudna" as "truce," misrepresenting the term's religious, historical and modern meaning.
Salon and MSNBC disregard Palestinian road map delays and blame Israel for Abu Mazen
A Toronto Sun column replete with inaccuracies claims the road map is only good for Israel; also, AP misrepresents Camp David.
Israel's cabinet accepts the road map, but is determined to avoid Oslo
The Scotsman takes a more radical stance on Israel than Gazan Palestinians do themselves.
A special Times section on world terror omits Palestinian terror and Israeli anti-terror efforts.
Israeli and American insistence on uprooting terror receives unwarranted media criticism.
A popular British journalist and a Member of Parliament cozy up to Saddam's regime. Plus: UK homicide bombers.
Arafat still runs the show from the top-down, and, no less importantly, from the bottom up.
Coalition forces bomb a residential complex in hopes of hitting Saddam. Israel hits Hamas leaders, too.
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