NYT Uncritically Reported Israel’s Version of Golan Bombing
Coverage of the Golan Heights massacre continues a long trend of US media outlets obscuring and distorting reality in order to downplay Israel’s aggressive regional ambitions.
FAIR is the national progressive media watchdog group, challenging corporate media bias, spin and misinformation.
Lara-Nour Walton is an Egyptian-American journalist and a former FAIR intern. She is based in New York City.


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