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The good and the bad of media coverage of Palestine

NPR responds to EI's criticism of White House "publicity stunt"

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 05/19/2011 - 23:33


NPR’s managing editor for digital news Mark Stencel has responded to criticisms made by this blog of the network’s facilitation of a White House instigated event to talk about Obama’s Middle East policy speech that featured just one panelist: Obama’s speechwriter.

NPR at White House's service in name of social media "conversation" on Obama speech

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 21:23

To great fanfare, NPR, Foreign Policy and The White House simultaneously announced this morning a joint event to be held tomorrow immediately following President Obama’s much-anticipated speech on US policy in the Arab world.

Palestinian refugees in Lebanon invisible to international media

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 01:55
Just as Palestinian refugees in Lebanon have been disenfranchised from the political process after Oslo, they have been disenfranchised in the media.

Ethan Bronner's Nakba denial in The New York Times

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Sat, 05/14/2011 - 18:08

New York Times bureau chief Ethan Bronner promotes Israeli propaganda that Palestinian refugees were forced from their homes only after Arab armies intervened on 15 May 1948, ignoring the reality that hundreds of thousands had been forced out since December 1947.

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