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The good and the bad of media coverage of Palestine

The screenshots prove it: New York Times altered headline to remove words “Israeli-occupied”

A New York Times headline accidentally told the truth, before it was “corrected” to remove the words Israeli-occupied.

Pro-Israel blogger attacks Canada First Nation chief, but Palestinians express solidarity with Idle No More

Liberal website The Huffington Post last week published an attack on an indigenous rights activist who is on hunger strike in Canada, labeling her “the hungry chief mugging for the cameras on an island in the Ottawa River.”

Writing on the Canadian edition of the site, anti-Palestinian blogger Yoni Goldstein openly attacked Theresa Spence as a “problem” responsible for indigenous people’s woes in Canada and said he had “no sympathy” for her.

Bombing Gaza “into a parking lot” a “natural” thought for Israel backers, says Forward’s Jay Michaelson

Can you imagine the reaction if any prominent advocate for Palestinian human rights said that it was “natural” to “entertain a thought of turning Tel Aviv into a parking lot”?

Propaganda or news? Associated Press names Jerusalem an “Israeli” city

No country in the world, including the United States, formally recognizes Jerusalem as part of “Israel.”

AP tries to put “wipe Israel off the map” into Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal’s mouth

Double standards mean that media will never talk about Palestine being “wiped off the map” even when its true.

Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Israeli army's unsubstantiated claims in New York Times

Journalism safety watchdog says Government of Israel has yet to substantiate Israeli army spokesperson’s claims published by The New York Times.

When BBC ignores Israeli murder of its own cameraman's baby, what hope for other Palestinians?

In a new low for the BBC’s objectively pro-Israel coverage, the British state broadcaster seems to be doing its best to downplay the murder by Israel of family members of one of its own cameramen.

Linguists including Noam Chomsky condemn "reprehensible" Gaza coverage

“We wish to express our outrage at the reprehensible media coverage of these acts in the mainstream (corporate) media.”

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