Posts Tagged: Media anti-Israel
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...
BBC Tries to Erase Hamas’ Role in ‘Great Return March’ Violence
On August 28, a filmed report titled “Bullet shatters Palestinian cyclist’s Asian Games dream” was posted on the BBC News website’s "Middle East" page. According...
‘Guardian’ Op-Ed Defends View That Israel Has No Right to Exist
The headline of a Guardian op-ed by Ahmad Samih Khalidi ("Siding with the Palestinian struggle is not antisemitic") is of course a straw man, as nobody...
A Night of Rockets and Headline Fails
Residents of southern Israel spent Wednesday night in bomb shelters as Palestinians fired a heavy barrage of rockets and mortars (nearly 200, according to the most...
UK Paper Promotes Noam Chomsky’s Charge on ‘Israeli Intervention in US Elections’
The Independent legitimized the warped political views of linguist Noam Chomsky this week in a column by their US editor Andrew Buncombe. The article, titled “Israeli intervention...
Media Bias Against Israel — Where to Begin?
The media’s treatment of Israel has been among the Jewish state's most vexing challenges. Most major media organizations have reporters based in Israel, an open...
The BBC Promotes What It Previously Called ‘Conspiracy Theories’ to Smear Israel
On the morning of July 22, the IDF announced the completion of the overnight evacuation of 800 Syrian "White Helmets" personnel and their families from...
Bigoted Columnist Claims Israeli Jews Are ‘Poisoning the Wells’
The official visit of future British monarch Prince William to Israel has generally been a very positive event. It’s disappointing, then, to see British journalist...
Once Again, the BBC Misleads on Gaza Violence
Recently, BBC Watch demonstrated how a backgrounder on Jerusalem produced by the BBC World Service’s BBC Minute misled its target audience of “young people” on the 1949 armistice...
60 Minutes and the Illusion of Balance
There is a persistent myth in journalism that speaking to at least one person on “both sides”of an issue creates a balanced, accurate, and informative...
UK Media: Jerusalem’s Old City in Danger of Disappearing
A feature in Business Insider UK and republished in The Independent is a great example of the intersection of gross stupidity between United Nations bodies and the media. In “15...
Australian TV Station Selectively Edits Ahed Tamimi Video
On February 20, Australia’s "7.30" current affairs program -- which airs on national broadcaster ABC -- included a ten-minute segment on the Ahed Tamimi case. In the report,...
A Media Platform for Anti-Israel Bias
NOTE: Since publication of the critique below, much of the Newsweek editorial staff has been fired, and there is speculation that the publication might close entirely. Newsweek...
BBC News Kicks Israel in the Face
Of the 120 Knesset members that the BBC could have interviewed for an Israeli point of view on Ahed Tamimi’s trial, reporter Jeremy Bowen chose a disgraced,...
