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The good and the bad of media coverage of Palestine

Daily Express's porn baron owner donated thousands to anti-Palestinian group CST

Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Sun, 10/02/2011 - 13:09
Owner of a tabloid that has attacked Palestinian leader Raed Salah, the British pornographer Richard Desmond used his charitable body to donate tens of thousands of pounds to the CST and other pro-Israel groups.

British hacks slander Raed Salah after High Court victory

Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Sat, 10/01/2011 - 09:30
In his testimony to Sheldon immigration court in Birmingham, I listened to Sheikh Raed Salah making the point that the Israeli press is not credible. He said that he came to this conclusion after long years of bad experiences with it. Haaretz and the Jerusalem Post mis-quoted him, inserting the word “Jewish” into his attacks on Israeli occupation in an attempt to smear him as an anti-Semite.

Searching for Palestinian voices in the UN bid media coverage

Submitted by Jaime Omar Yassin on Tue, 09/27/2011 - 16:42
Mainstream media published hundreds of articles on the Palestinian Authority’s UN statehood bid from the point coverage began in earnest in the summer to the day of Abbas’ historic speech in the UN. But where were the Palestinian voices?

French journal of record peddles Zionist propaganda

Submitted by david on Sun, 08/14/2011 - 11:44
Le Monde runs full-page feature pandering to Israeli myths on science and education

How CNN helped spread a hoax about Syrian babies dying in incubators

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 05:27

A disturbing story is circulating on social networks and the media that a number of premature babies died in their incubators when Syrian forces cut off electricity to hospitals during their assault on the city of Hama. Evidence suggests it is a cruel hoax, and the pictures of the “dead babies” widely circulated online are false.

How a clueless "terrorism expert" set media suspicion on Muslims after Oslo horror

Submitted by Benjamin Doherty on Sat, 07/23/2011 - 05:27

Immediately after news of the bombing of government buildings in Norway’s capital Oslo, the Internet buzzed with speculation about who might have done it and why. Most speculation focused on so-called Islamist militancy and Muslims. The urge to speculate after grave events is understandable, but the focus of speculation, its amplification through social media, its legitimization in mainstream media, and the privilege granted to so-called experts is a common pattern.

New York Times' Ethan Bronner speaks out about "advocacy journalism"

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 07/18/2011 - 13:04

Controversial New York Times Jerusalem bureau chief Ethan Bronner has spoken out at last on a topic he is expert in – advocacy journalism.

In response to an email from a Facebook user called Scott Mohn complaining that The New York Times had not covered the 15 July march in Jerusalem held by thousands of Israeli left-wing Zionists and a number of Palestinians from eastern occupied Jerusalem, Bronner wrote:

New York Times stands by Ethan Bronner's Facebook fabrications

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 07/14/2011 - 02:25

The New York Times has told The Electronic Intifada it stands fully behind an article by its Jerusalem bureau chief Ethan Bronner despite compelling evidence that the article contains fabrications, misleading statements, and gross exaggerations.

Was New York Times' Ethan Bronner duped by an Israeli Facebook fraud?

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Sun, 07/10/2011 - 07:47

In today’s New York Times, Ethan Bronner profiles a Facebook page which he calls a “virtual bridge” between Israeli, Palestinian and Arab youth. But much of Bronner’s article is misleading and possibly false.

NPR's Andy Carvin, reporter or participant in Libya's war?

Submitted by Benjamin Doherty on Fri, 05/20/2011 - 12:49

NPR executive Andy Carvin has become prominent for his activities on Twitter during the recent revolts in the Middle East and North Africa. But what is his role? Is he a journalist or a participant?

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