Posts Tagged: Israel Media Bias
The BBC Uses an Omission to Smear Israel on Arab Citizens
The BBC News website recently created a tag called "Israel Elections 2019," which to date includes just five items. Members of the UK public (who...
The Media Only Cares About Palestinians If Israel Can Be Blamed
Narrative and bias are the chief problems facing the news media today -- not, as some would have it, issues of revenue created from the...
BBC Distorts the Reality of Life in Hebron
A flashy new feature on the BBC website, entitled “Hebron: One street, two sides,” takes one of the most complex places in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...
BBC Ignores Important Developments on Ethiopian Jews in Israel
Nearly five years ago, a filmed report titled “Ethiopia’s Jewish community divided“ was broadcast on BBC World News television and promoted on the Middle East and Africa...
Media Hatchet Job on Israel Charges ‘Unprecedented Levels’ of Racism Against Arabs
An article published on February 3 at The Independent by the paper's Mideast correspondent, Bel Trew, charged that Israeli racism against Arabs was reaching “unprecedented levels.” The headline...
When It Comes to Israel, Rushing to Judgment Is Nothing New
Readers have undoubtedly heard by now about an incident two weeks ago involving a group of kids from Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky, Native...
Most Palestinians Support Terror — but Good Luck Finding That in The New York Times
There is an unwritten rule in most media outlets to avoid making Palestinians look bad. Israelis? Sure. Settlers? Certainly. But Palestinians? No, they must be given...
The Washington Post Uses Arens Obituary to Bash Bibi
Newspapers typically publish obituaries of famous figures in order to sum up their life’s work. The Washington Post, however, used an obituary to belittle Israel’s...
The New York Times Trashes Israel Yet Again
Reading New York Times stories and op-eds about Jews and Israel reminds me of Ronald Reagan’s classic debate response to Jimmy Carter: “There you go again.”...
The Guardian Falsely Blames Israel for Shortage of Medicine in Gaza
Here are the first few paragraphs of a December 31 Guardian article (“Palestinian superbug epidemic could spread, say doctors”) by Madlen Davies and Emma Graham-Harrison: Doctors...
The BBC’s Spotty Coverage of Terrorism in Israel: November 2018
The Israel Security Agency’s report on terror attacks during November 2018 shows that throughout the month, a total of 645 incidents took place: 106 in Judea...
The BBC’s Absurd Idea of ‘Context’ on Hamas Rocket Attacks Against Israel
The lead item in the November 13th edition of the BBC World Service radio program OS -- formerly Outside Source -- was described in its synopsis...
Why Is the BBC Still Ignoring Palestinian Torture?
As regular readers may recall, the BBC has been ignoring an unusual story unfolding in Israeli courts for well over a year: "BBC News ignores...
For Second Time in Three Weeks, Leading UK Papers Ignore Deadly Palestinian Terror Attack
Once again, leading UK newspapers have deemed Palestinian terror attacks that killed Israelis as "unworthy" of news coverage. Below are three prominent examples: The Times of London Since...
