Role of the Media
EI's Role of the Media section offers news about how the media, the two parties in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, and governments interrelate. The section notes groundbreaking reports that illuminate realities in the conflict, reports instances of pressure on the media, and offers overviews of the mechanisms of media control. Quality submissions are welcomed.
New York Times fails to disclose Jerusalem bureau chief's conflict of interest
Report, The Electronic Intifada, 25 January 2010
The New York Times has all but confirmed to The Electronic Intifada (EI) that the son of its Jerusalem bureau chief Ethan Bronner was recently inducted into the Israeli army. Over the weekend, EI received a tip suggesting this had been the case and wrote to Bronner to ask him to confirm or deny the information and to seek his opinion on whether, if true, he thought it would be a conflict of interest. [MORE]
British TV documentary tackles taboo of Israel's lobby
Diane Langford, The Electronic Intifada, 19 November 2009
For the first time a mainstream British television program has tackled the Zionist lobby head-on. Channel 4's Dispatches, broadcast on 16 November, promised to hold the pro-Israel lobby up to rigorous public scrutiny and it succeeded. Presented by Peter Oborne, former political editor of the right-wing weekly The Spectator, Dispatches revealed the cozy relationship between Britain's pro-Israel lobby and both the Conservative and Labour parties as well as its attempts to stifle criticism of Israel in the press. Diane Langford reports for The Electronic Intifada. [MORE]
Report: Israeli intelligence illegally profiling travelers in South Africa
Sayed Dhansay, The Electronic Intifada, 16 October 2009
Last month South Africa's premier investigative journalism TV show, Carte Blanche, aired an investigation of allegations that security personnel from Israel's national carrier, El Al Airlines, were acting dubiously at Johannesburg's airport. Carte Blanche conducted an experiment, sending an undercover reporter into the airport, expecting him to be targeted simply because he was Muslim. Sayed Dhansay comments for The Electronic Intifada. [MORE]
CAMERA's broken lens revisited
Shervan Sardar, The Electronic Intifada, 24 August 2009
A February 2008 report by the pro-Israel media watchdog CAMERA claimed the existence of an overwhelming pro-Arab, anti-Israel agenda in The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Los Angeles Times in "guest op-eds" over a 19-month period. The Electronic Intifada found CAMER ignored articles that undermined its claims. CAMERA responded with another report reaffirming most of its findings, but The Electronic Intifada finds that once again, CAMERA's analysis fails to pass the credibility test. [MORE]
Lies and Israel's war crimes
Ben White, The Electronic Intifada, 28 July 2009
This month marked six months since the "official" conclusion to Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip, "Operation Cast Lead." Electronic Intifada contributor Ben White looks at some of the strategies of Israel's campaign of disinformation, confusion, and lies -- and the reality of its war crimes in the Gaza Strip. [MORE]
Music, The New York Times and the politics of a Palestinian state
Belén Fernández, The Electronic Intifada, 14 July 2009
"Just as it is apparently impossible for the President of the United States to visit the Middle East without a corresponding visit to Buchenwald, it is apparently also impossible to have a news article on Palestinian humanity without a corresponding reminder that Arabs do not understand the Holocaust." So writes Belén Fernández in a comment on how The New York Times covers the work of Palestinian musicians. [MORE]
Ramattan's war: The world's eyes into Gaza
Toufic Haddad, The Electronic Intifada, 20 February 2009
If there is controversy about who won the recent war in Gaza, there is no question that Ramattan News Agency of Gaza City won the war to broadcast it. It was Ramattan's images that beamed Israel's 22-day "Operation Cast Lead" into millions of households across the globe, capturing the indelible visual moments of the war. Ramattan's images were broadcast uncensored around the clock and only stopped on the few occasions the staff had to evacuate the studios fearing the 11-story building was about to be bombed. Toufic Haddad reports for The Electronic Intifada. [MORE]
Egypt on offensive after critical Al-Jazeera coverage
Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani, The Electronic Intifada, 16 February 2009
CAIRO (IPS) - Coverage of Israel's recent war on the Gaza Strip by regional news stations has reflected longstanding political divisions within the Arab world. Qatar-based Al-Jazeera's reporting drew a particularly angry response from Egypt. "Coverage of the Gaza conflict by certain Arab language news channels aggravated the rift between the Arab 'moderate' and 'rejectionist' camps," Mohamed Mansour, professor of mass media at Cairo University told IPS. [MORE]
Selective reporting from Lebanon
Nate George, The Electronic Intifada, 13 February 2009
Legitimate criticism of Israeli policy is suppressed through journalistic crimes of omission and commission. The public is presented with images and stories of Arab violence and aggression while the notion of Israeli restraint and victimhood is piously maintained. Israeli actions are thus "responses" and never belligerence. Nate George comments. [MORE]
BBC violates its own principles by not airing Gaza appeal
Jinan Bastaki, The Electronic Intifada, 26 January 2009
Recently, the UK-based Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), which comprises many aid agencies including the British Red Cross, Islamic Relief, Oxfam and others, called on all UK news broadcasters to broadcast a public appeal for Gaza. The BBC and other broadcasters refused, stating that "Along with other broadcasters, the BBC has decided not to broadcast the DEC's public appeal to raise funds for Gaza." The Electronic Intifada contributor Jinan Bastaki tests the BBC's argument for refusing to air the appeal. [MORE]
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