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Bias by the Numbers – April-May 2017
HonestReporting crunches the numbers to compare the Israel-related media cultures in Britain and the United States.
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June 18, 2017
HonestReporting crunches the numbers to compare the Israel-related media cultures in Britain and the United States.
These parody headlines would be funny if they didn’t hit so close to home: they are taken directly from real headlines about terror attacks in Israel.
As the world mourns with Manchester, we remember that the world rarely mourns with Israel: instead, headlines mourn the death of Israel’s attackers and calls their violence, “alleged,” while diligently avoiding the word, “terrorism.”
The Australian’s headline falsely portrays Israeli police as the aggressors following an attempted stabbing carried out by a Palestinian female assailant.
A preview of HonestReporting’s Bias by the Numbers series takes a snapshot of The Independent’s headlines during March 2017.
A second Palestinian stabbing attack in the space of a few days – a second headline fail from The Australian.
A Palestinian is shot by Israeli border police in an attempted stabbing attack in Jerusalem. The Australian’s headline only tells half the story.
It was a clear-cut case of self-defense. And Reuters blew it. Imagine you’re a
Media publish headlines on the sentencing of Israeli soldier Elor Azaria yet refer, with no context, to the Palestinian terrorist as a “suspect” or a “wounded man.”
The International Business Times makes a total failure of its coverage of a truck ramming terror attack in Jerusalem, using inappropriate, inaccurate images and video.
The BBC’s coverage of a Jerusalem truck ramming terror attack eventually acknowledges that there was a driver behind the wheel of the vehicle.
A truck ramming terror attack in Jerusalem generates a new wave of headline fails.
IDF soldier Elor Azaria is convicted of manslaughter. Some headlines fail to include that the Palestinian he killed happened to be a terrorist.
The International Business Times relies on a Hamas-supporting hate site to accuse Israel of using a Palestinian child as a human shield.
The New York Times, Associated Press and International Business Times all erroneously report that Israel is planning to build new settlements.
The Dishonest Reporting Award typically goes to a clear-cut winner. Last year, the BBC won
Headlines certainly deserve scrutiny. It’s well-known that we don’t read most of the articles in
The Times of London amends an inaccurate headline but merely compounds the error.
The Guardian and AFP are more concerned about the location of fires near Jewish settlements than the fires themselves.
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