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

Asa Winstanley 9 January 2013

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

Ali Abunimah 4 January 2013

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

Ali Abunimah 4 January 2013

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

Ali Abunimah 11 December 2012

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

UK’s Observer adds “kill Jews” to Hamas leader Khaled Meshal’s Gaza speech when he did not say it

Ali Abunimah 9 December 2012

Meshal did not say the words attributed to him.

BBC Trust admits problems with reports on Palestine solidarity protest against Israeli theater in London

Ali Abunimah 6 December 2012

“We welcome the BBC Trust’s admission that these news bulletins were inaccurate.”

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

Maureen Clare Murphy 4 December 2012

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?

Asa Winstanley 15 November 2012

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

Maureen Clare Murphy 14 November 2012

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

Why doesn't Israeli press office share byline for New York Times' Gaza coverage?

Maureen Clare Murphy 14 November 2012

Media bias morphs the reality of the world’s fourth-largest military relentlessly attacking a defenseless, besieged population into a cliché of tit-for-tat violence for which Palestinian resistance groups are responsible.

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Media Watch

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

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

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

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

UK’s Observer adds “kill Jews” to Hamas leader Khaled Meshal’s Gaza speech when he did not say it

BBC Trust admits problems with reports on Palestine solidarity protest against Israeli theater in London

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

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

Linguists including Noam Chomsky condemn "reprehensible" Gaza coverage

Why doesn't Israeli press office share byline for New York Times' Gaza coverage?

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