The Media’s Mideast Relativism
Under the guise of objectivity, the media try to 'democratize' a corrupt and dictatorial Palestinian regime.
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October 2, 2003
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Under the guise of objectivity, the media try to 'democratize' a corrupt and dictatorial Palestinian regime.
Cloudy headlines and rationalization of terror characterize BBC and Reuters coverage of the Negohot attack.
A vague AFP report suggests IDF responsiblity for Palestinian child abuse; also, the BBC affair and its Mideast connection.
AP and Reuters select news items that question Israeli policy — but avoid items that justify it.
With the resignation of Palestinian Prime Minister Abbas, Yassir Arafat reasserts himself — undermining the key precondition for peace talks.
Israel's targeted killings of terror leaders seem to be working, despite an Associated Press report to the contrary.
Two Florida papers revisit their refusal to call Hamas and Islamic Jihad "terrorists"; from one only, a policy change.
Local media monitors use documentation and personal meetings to demand fair Mideast coverage from the Philadelphia Inquirer.
News outlets accept a disingenious Hamas statement as fact, thereby denying Hamas' ongoing terror.
In the wake of "The Children's Attack," profiles of families victimized by terror deserve to be reprinted broadly.
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.
Headlines of reports on the Hezbullah terror attack state only the Israeli response, framing Israel as the aggressor.
The LA Times finds two different worldviews from Palestinian and Israeli kids, but posts a title that suggests otherwise.
Israel's security fence receives unjustified media scrutiny, including comparisons to apartheid.
As the prime ministers travel to Washington, observers are wondering: Did the road map take a detour?
The San Diego Union-Tribune compares the death of an innocent terror victim to Rachel Corrie's.
A veteran Italian journalist issues a searing, detailed critique of her colleagues' biased Mideast coverage.
A one-month study of Reuters headlines reveals clear bias in Reuters' Mideast coverage.
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