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Weeping for Yassir
On Oct. 29, as Yassir Arafat was lifted onto a helicopter en route to a Paris hospital, observers were struck by the low turnout of well-wishers ? the Daily Telegraph found ‘barely a hundred...
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Quick Alerts: Dec. 9
The (UK) Independent, citing a policy of editorial neutrality, eschews the term ‘terrorist’ and instead refers to Islamic ‘extremists’ (Al Qaeda), ‘assailants’ (US consulate perpetrators), or...
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The Dishonest Reporter ‘Award’ 2005
Dear HonestReporting Subscriber, Big media was clearly on the defensive in 2005. Dan Rather left the CBS News anchor desk under a heavy cloud while other executives were fired in the wake of Memogate....
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Dishonest Reporter Award 2007
What a year of surprises. Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip. Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas talked peace in the presence of Saudi and Syrian dignitaries. BBC journalist Alan Johnston was held...
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Special Alert: BBC Mideast Editor Guilty of Inaccuracy on Israel
For many years, HonestReporting has criticized the BBC’s veteran reporter and Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen for his anti-Israel bias. Now the BBC itself agrees. As reported by major UK newspapers,...
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Final Battle to Release the BBC’s Balen Report
This just in from the Jewish Chronicle: What is likely to be the final battle in a six-year campaign to force the BBC to release a report into its Middle East coverage began at the Supreme Court on...
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I doubt we’ll ever find out how the covered-up Balen report assessed the BBC’s Israeli-Palestinian coverage. But the Mortimer report — Edward Mortimer’s assessment of the Beeb’s Arab Spring coverage —...
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BBC Idiocy Isn’t Monolithic After All
BBC Sport is evidently not under the same thrall of stupidity as BBC News. Sharing his biggest Olympic memories, BBC sportscaster Barry Davies repeatedly uses the word “terror” as he recalls the Munich...
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