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The good and the bad of media coverage of Palestine

New Guardian team member openly incited Israel to murder Alice Walker and others

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 08/15/2012 - 16:59

The Guardian is proud to have hired a new pro-Israel contributor who says those who disagree with him should be murdered

Palestinian officials silenced by fear of Obama "reprisals" says Washington Post reporter

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 07/23/2012 - 15:25

Are Palestinian Authority officials afraid of “reprisals” from the Obama administration if they criticize US policy? It would seem so, according to a Washington Post reporter.

AP Jerusalem bureau stands by false report of “forced conversions” in Gaza

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 07/23/2012 - 12:59

AP’s Jerusalem bureau stands by baseless report that Christians in Gaza have been forced to convert to Islam, even after the agency’s own reporter acknowledged the claims weren’t true

Censorship? Haaretz deletes Amira Hass article on surging settler violence

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Fri, 07/20/2012 - 17:09

This is at least the second notable act of apparent censorship by Haaretz in recent months.

Will AP correct damaging false report about "forced conversions" of Christians in Gaza?

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 07/19/2012 - 16:18

Why didn’t AP verify claims of “forced conversions” of Christians in Gaza before publishing damaging and ultimately false report?

Lesson of The Atlantic attack on Mondoweiss: "New media" can't kick old habit of excluding Palestinians

Submitted by Benjamin Doherty on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 04:56

Much “new media” reproduces old patterns of excluding Palestinian voices and privileging Israeli and non-Arab ones.

Media silence on Palestinian hunger strikers: Et tu, Amy Goodman?

Submitted by Charlotte Silver on Tue, 06/19/2012 - 18:13
Amy Goodman breaks her silent streak on Mahmoud Sarsak with an egregious error.

When will The New York Times address the ongoing ethical problem at its Jerusalem bureau?

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Tue, 06/12/2012 - 20:43

It has been two months since the latest serious allegations of a conflict of interest at The New York Times Jerusalem Bureau, but no one at the newspaper has yet addressed them.

What the Günter Grass controversy says about censorship in Europe

Submitted by david on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 18:24
Zionists and their supporters control large chunks of the media in the EU’s three largest countries.

Israeli army official speakers misinform their readers on Twitter

Submitted by Jalal Abukhater on Tue, 03/20/2012 - 23:26

I am getting sick of the idea that the Israeli army spokespersons are allowed to tweet wrong information, mock dead people, tweet outdated

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