The Foreigners Obama Needs to Love to Prove He Loves America
“There are plenty of reasons that suggest Obama might not love America,” writes the Washington Post’s Ed Rogers. Funnily enough, most of these reasons seem to have little to with America,
Most Americans Agree That Netanyahu, the Only One Who Can Save the Puppy, Should Save the Puppy
You can see propaganda being manufactured before your eyes: Any subtleties are ironed out to create an assertion that the American people are calling for Netanyahu to speak.
Will Bob Schieffer Move Toward the Center?
Bob Schieffer is right that “a lot of people” think the Democrats should move to the “center”–especially journalists and pundits, who have been saying this for at least 30 years. There’s no reason to think it’s especially good advice, but that doesn’t seem to matter.
Why Is Israel Attacking Gaza?
Journalism about the current violence is bound to focus on the death and destruction in Gaza. But there remains ample space to ask whether the war was launched to punish Hamas for something it had nothing to do with.
CBS Host Feels for Frightened Israelis—But Not Dead Palestinians
CBS host Bob Schieffer conveyed genuine concern for Israelis threatened by rockets fired from Gaza. But his empathy did not extend to Palestinians killed by Israel.
Netanyahu Can Disinform on Iran Just as Well as Iraq
NBC’s David Gregory says that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “well-briefed” on the US position on Iran’s nuclear program. But that shouldn’t be confused with being knowledgeable.
FAIR TV: Iran Nuke Tall Tales, New Benghazi Nonsense, White Guys on Affirmative Action
On the show this week: CNN goes to Iran nuclear expert… Benjamin Netanyahu? Plus new nonsense on Benghazi, and Meet the Press presents a discussion on affirmative action with mostly conservative white guys–showing media’s need for some affirmative action of their own.
Netanyahu on Iran (This Time Without the Cartoon Bomb)
With peace talks on hold, Israeli prime minister is back on US television talking about Iran’s supposed nuclear threat. Good thing for him his claims are so rarely challenged.
What if NYT Factchecked Netanyahu’s Claims?
If the New York Times pointed out that Israel was making debunkable claims about Iranian weapons programs, it might make readers less inclined to accept Israel’s unverifiable claims about Iranian weapons shipments.
Peculiarly Oriental Iranians
But the idea that Iranians are inherently more suspicious is widespread. Time magazine’s Karl Vick wrote a piece for the Time website that asserted that “Iranians are masters of what has been termed ‘Oriental indirection.'”
Who’s an Iran Expert? The Hawks Have Their Say
The Iran nuclear negotiations had the Sunday shows talking–but who are they talking to? And do they know what they’re talking about?
Anonymous Israeli Official Tells Post: You Can’t Trust Persians
Today the Washington Post (10/1/13) has a piece about how Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not pleased with the thaw in US/Iran relations. That’s not surprising. But I was a little surprised that reporters David Nakamura and William Booth allowed this: Israeli leaders fear that the international community, and the United States in particular, […]
CBS Gives Iran Nuclear Fearmongering a Voice
CBS Face the Nation gave Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu yet another chance to make dubious claims about the threats posed by Iran’s supposed weapons.
NYT and Professor Netanyahu
Even stranger is the New York Times going on to point out that Iran’s uranium stockpile that could even be used for a weapon is getting smaller.
Time on Netanyahu: Frozen Puffery
I finally managed to get all the way through Richard Stengel’s fawning cover story about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. At a moment when incumbents around the world are being shunted aside, he is triumphant. With his bullet-proof majority, he has a chance to turn himself into the historic figure he has always yearned to […]
NYT’s Anonymous Israeli Truth-Tellers
What’s the Israeli government’s new “plan” for peace? Reading the New York Times doesn’t help your understand where they stand. Earlier this week, the Times‘ Ethan Bronner (5/17/11) praised a speech by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for exhibiting “greater flexibility on territory.” Bronner wrote that he showed “more willingness to yield territory than he […]
Washington Post Bungles History of Gaza Blockade
In an article (8/10/10) on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s testimony to an Israeli panel investigating the May 31 raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, the Washington Post gets the facts wrong on crucial history and context relating to the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Joel Greenberg writes: Netanyahu said that the naval blockade, imposed by […]
NPR ‘Worse Than Worthless’ on Middle East
National Public Radio watchdog Mytwords (NPR Check, 3/3/09) is moved to declare the network’s Palestine/Israel coverage “worse than worthless” after “yesterday morning first featured Michele Kelemen redelivering Secretary of State Clinton’s talking points (Hamas is a terrorist organization, blah, blah, blah, Hamas has to renounce violence, blah, blah, blah, U.S. is giving tons of money […]
