0 http://www.camera.org/ en-us The latest articles from Camera Copyright 2009 Camera.org 1/6/2009 2:26:46 PM 20 -->Mads Gilbert and Erik Fosse, Norwegian doctors who entered Gaza on December 31,  have become overnight media stars as they are interviewed by the world press to provide a presumably non-partisan perspective on events in Gaza. But do they have an agenda?]]> Tuesday, January 06, 2009 +01:00 Monday, January 05, 2009 +01:00 Ashraf Khalil selectively reports about targets in Gaza, ignoring information that a mosque and a Hamas leader's home were used as weapons depots, and omiting mention of the phone calls warning residents to evacuate.]]> Sunday, January 04, 2009 +01:00 In a haste to cover unfolding events, the Washington Post rushed additional journalists into Israel. Two newly assigned reporters erroneously stated that the Israeli town of Nazareth is in the West Bank.]]> Saturday, January 03, 2009 +01:00 CNN's Rick Sanchez promised "fact checking" of anti-Israel charges, "fairly [and] honestly." In fact CNN's incompetent research just compounded the errors. Viewers hoping for accurate coverage of the Middle East would do well to avoid Sanchez, and his co-anchor Jim Clancy, like the plague.]]> Saturday, January 03, 2009 +01:00 As in the Hezbollah War of 2006, in today's Gaza conflict some reporters, such as CNN's Rick Sanchez, shift the story to alleged "disproportionate" Israeli attacks, with a false focus on relative losses by the parties.]]> Friday, January 02, 2009 +01:00 Since there are no good arguments for the Palestinian rocket attacks against Israel, Palestinian spokesmen resort to fabrications to bolster their cause. They are joined by UNRWA's Karen Abu Zayd.]]> Thursday, January 01, 2009 +01:00 CAMERA examines claims and counter-claims in the media about the condition of Gaza's medical system, and takes Ha'aretz's Amira Hass to task for her one-sided reporting.]]> Wednesday, December 31, 2008 +01:00 The New York Times prejudicially describes as "human rights advocates" a group that includes people who advocate against the existence of the Jewish state, accuse Israel of "genocide," and explicitly legitimize violence. ]]> Wednesday, December 31, 2008 +01:00 Rev. Samuel Kobia, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches has issued his fatwa: Israel must stand down in the face of incessant rocket attacks from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.]]> Monday, December 29, 2008 +01:00 In a slam dunk ruling Peace Now was convicted of libel for claiming that Revava sat on Palestinian-owned land, ordered to pay 20,000 NIS plus tax in damages, and to publish an apology in the newspapers Ha’aretz and Maariv.]]> Tuesday, December 23, 2008 +01:00 The Los Angeles Times' Ashraf Khalil dresses up fringe Israeli writer Gideon Levy as "one prominent Israeli" whose views are as newsworthy as Tzipi Livni's, Benjamin Netanyahu's, or Ehud Olmert's.]]> Monday, December 22, 2008 +01:00 WorldVision, a Christian organization that promotes child welfare, uses a distorted narrative about the Arab-Israeli conflict to raise funds for its work in the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza.]]> Monday, December 22, 2008 +01:00  How well does the media inform its readers on the changing economic status of the West Bank and Gaza ?]]> Wednesday, December 17, 2008 +01:00 Updated: The London Times deleted an incongruous, anti-Semitic remark that had previously been slipped into an otherwise informative online article about unfolding events during the terror attacks from Mumbai. ]]> Tuesday, December 09, 2008 +01:00 In a Los Angeles Times article about the origins of uranium particles found in Syria, Borzou Daragahi misidentifies a claim made in a Syrian letter as a statement made by the International Atomic Energy Agency.]]> Thursday, November 27, 2008 +01:00 If one were to depend solely on the BBC for information about the Arab-Israeli conflict, one might understandably come away with the impression that Israel is at the root of all evil in the Middle East.]]> Wednesday, November 26, 2008 +01:00 The Washington Post's November 15 dispatch, "As Israel-Hamas Clashes Continue, Gazans Face Crisis" and The New York Times' same-day report "Hamas Fires Rockets Into Israel" couldn't be clearer. The continuing pro-Palestinian bias at the Post also could not be clearer.]]> Wednesday, November 19, 2008 +01:00 For the second time in several months, the United Nations Secretary-General criticized Palestinian rocket fire from Gaza and Israel's countermeasures against Gaza. For the second time, some journalists reporting on the comments ignored his condemnation of Palestinian violence.]]> Tuesday, November 18, 2008 +01:00 Ha'aretz's Amira Hass is back after her leave of absence, but she's still apparently out to lunch when it comes to conducting an interview with UNRWA's John Ging according to journalistic guidelines.]]> Monday, November 17, 2008 +01:00 Baltimore Sun editorials on Arab-Israeli news are often superficial or irrelevant. Contrast The Sun's Middle East advice to President-elect Obama with that of The Washington Times and the Baltimore paper's shortcomings are obvious. ]]> Wednesday, November 12, 2008 +01:00 Since just before the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war, Washington Post editorials have been better than the newspaper's foreign desk on Arab-Israeli news, often more timely and balanced. But two of three recent commentaries hit the ditch.]]> Monday, November 10, 2008 +01:00 See Nov. 5 update: Questionable LA Times report. Inflammatory allegations against Israeli security officials by Mohammed Omer are outrightly denied. Discrepancies in Omer's accounts of the incident raise questions about his honesty. ]]> Wednesday, November 05, 2008 +01:00 With each telling, Ha'aretz's falsehood on building permits for east Jerusalem Arabs becomes further inflated, despite the fact that editors were provided with corrective information.]]> Tuesday, November 04, 2008 +01:00 Blogger Manfred Gerstenfeld collects negative news items about the Netherlands to expose distorted coverage of Israel.

]]> Sunday, November 02, 2008 +01:00 B'Tselem again dupes the mainstream media into believing it has tallied civilian Palestinian casualties when it has done no such thing. An in-depth CAMERA study documents the many flaws in B'Tselem's 2007 data.]]> Sunday, November 02, 2008 +01:00 The letter explains that an Op-Ed writer's assertion that "Israel launch[ed] the Six-Day War" does not accurately convey what transpired in 1967, when Israel's neighbors threatened to annihilate the Jewish state. ]]> Monday, October 27, 2008 +01:00 Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) has become the second member of Congress to remind the Corporation for Public Broadcasting that its attempt to upgrade objectivity and balance compliance must not inadvertently dilute the statute under which recipients like National Public Radio operate. ]]> Friday, October 24, 2008 +01:00 Two countries border the Gaza Strip. Both strictly limit the passage of goods and people into and out of the Strip. But when describing the effect of these border restrictions, some inaccurately and unfairly attribute responsibility to only one of the countries — Israel.]]> Wednesday, October 22, 2008 +01:00 Anna Baltzer is a relatively new anti-Israel agitator traveling the college and church circuit. Using her Jewish heritage as a moral lever, Baltzer shares anecdotes of Palestinian life while pushing standard anti-Zionist mythology.]]> Friday, October 10, 2008 +01:00 For the fourth time in less than three years, The Washington Post lets anti-settlement writer Gershom Gorenberg commandeer its opinion pages. Dubious sources, bad history? No problem — and no countervailing contributors allowed.]]> Wednesday, October 08, 2008 +01:00 Days away from Yom Kippur, when it is traditional to recall and atone for one's sins  – such as speaking slander, accusing falsely and being deceitful  – Ha'aretz's Gideon Levy once again spreads falsehoods and deceit.]]> Monday, October 06, 2008 +01:00 The Mennonite Central Committee has issued a deceptive and naive statement defending its sponsorship of a recent dinner with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

]]> Wednesday, October 01, 2008 +01:00 Michael Kinnamon, general secretary of the National Council of Churches and John Thomas, president and general minister of the United Church of Christ, acknowledge that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is an inappropriate partner for interfaith dialogue.

]]> Friday, September 26, 2008 +01:00 How warm a handshake would CNN's most well-known interviewer give to Holocaust denier David Irving? How hospitable a platform would be given to anti-Semite David Duke? For anti-Semite and Holocaust denier Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the hand shake was very warm, and the platform was most hospitable.]]> Friday, September 26, 2008 +01:00 CAMERA's Op-Ed, entitled "Bending the Truth: Human rights group B’Tselem’s statistics are far from being trustworthy," explains how B'Tselem's lastest research on Palestinian fatalities "is as shoddy and unreliable as ever."]]> Wednesday, September 24, 2008 +01:00 Lonely Planet's Guide to Israel and the Palestinian Territories caters to the rabidly anti-Israel activist, providing a skewed view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and even offering up suggestions about anti-Israel activism.

]]> Tuesday, September 23, 2008 +01:00 CAMERA staff prompted the following corrections at the Washington Times following an article which erroneously identified the Sea of Galilee as Syrian and Shebaa Farms as Lebanese:]]> Wednesday, September 17, 2008 +01:00 The letter responds to an article that describes Hezbollah as "the Lebanese Shi'ite political/paramilitary/social organization that is trained and financed by Iran," which omits a more basic description. ]]> Tuesday, September 16, 2008 +01:00 The newspaper relays that a Palestinian boy was playing soccer when he was injured by an Israeli tank shell, leaving readers to believe the Israelis targeted sport-playing children — but the omitted details show otherwise.]]> Monday, September 08, 2008 +01:00 The Washington Post provided another example of the newspaper's odd obsession with Israel — a front page article about the old "who is a Jew?" controversy, with no current news peg. Even Post-weary readers complained.]]> Monday, September 08, 2008 +01:00 Due to the Jewish holidays, many students have asked for an extension in submitting applications for the CAMERA Fellows program. We've received many excellent applicants already but are extending the deadline until October 17. Please forward this notice to students who may be interested in becoming a CAMERA Fellows Representative on their campus. ]]> Friday, September 05, 2008 +01:00 Clancy Chassay, a freelance journalist based in Beirut, reports for several British publications, including The Guardian. The multimedia journalist's five-part video series on life in Gaza uses multiple methods to distort the facts.]]> Thursday, September 04, 2008 +01:00 Updated, September 5. The World Council of Churches will scrutinize Biblical teachings regarding the "Promised Land" at a conference later this month.]]> Wednesday, September 03, 2008 +01:00 The Washington Post's "Activists Break Blockade of Gaza" belongs in journalism texts as an epitome of bias by omission. Written by National Public Radio's long-time Israel correspondent Linda Gradstein, the dispatch repeatedly drops or disguises facts necessary to understand the news being reported. ]]> Tuesday, September 02, 2008 +01:00 The New York Times' Ethan Bronner trumpets claims by Peace Now despite the fact that Peace Now’s prior charges, about land ownership, were wildly off target. Can it be that inaccuracy is of little concern at the newspaper of record?]]> Thursday, August 28, 2008 +01:00 In response to a complaint filed by CAMERA, the BBC updated an online piece that had misleadingly exonerated Iran as a producer of highly enriched uranium.]]> Thursday, August 28, 2008 +01:00 The Washington Post's Tom Shales found a flaw in HBO's documentary about veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas, "Thank You, Mr. President." It omitted Thomas' strident anti-Israel posturing. The editor of Editor & Publisher slammed Shales, but other reviews exposed the real Thomas. ]]> Thursday, August 28, 2008 +01:00 Updated, August 27. Apparently uncomfortable with freedom of speech and the public’s right to challenge the media, Spanish commentator Maruja Torres leveled a frontal assault on CAMERA in a May 1^st column in Madrid’s El País newspaper. ]]> Wednesday, August 27, 2008 +01:00 Thursday, August 14, 2008 +01:00