The Guardian implies that Tel Aviv is Israel’s capital in contravention of its own style guide. HonestReporting gets the correction.
The Telegraph’s headline mistakenly states that the Israeli Ambassador to the UK was caught on film in an Al Jazeera sting operation. HonestReporting gets the correction.
The International Business Times makes a total failure of its coverage of a truck ramming terror attack in Jerusalem, using inappropriate, inaccurate images and video.
The BBC’s coverage of a Jerusalem truck ramming terror attack eventually acknowledges that there was a driver behind the wheel of the vehicle.
A truck ramming terror attack in Jerusalem generates a new wave of headline fails.
IDF soldier Elor Azaria is convicted of manslaughter. Some headlines fail to include that the Palestinian he killed happened to be a terrorist.
Malcolm Eves, an anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist, attacks “American neocon Zionist Jews” in a New Zealand media outlet.
The Independent accuses Israel of killing Palestinian children, but overlooks those children’s terror attacks and Israel’s restraint.
Following a complaint from HonestReporting, the Daily Mail removes a false claim that the US recognizes Tel Aviv as Israel’s capital.
A Washington Post fact-check of John Kerry’s speech erroneously calls the Western Wall Judaism’s holiest site. HonestReporting gets the correction.
The International Business Times relies on a Hamas-supporting hate site to accuse Israel of using a Palestinian child as a human shield.
Israeli citizen Leanne Nasser is murdered in a terror attack on an Istanbul nightclub. CNN describes her as a “Palestinian citizen of Israel.”
The Daily Mail’s Mail Online falsely implies that Tel Aviv is Israel’s capital. HonestReporting gets the correction.
NPR’s failed attempt to explain settlements is offensive to Jewish victims of ethnic cleansing and an embarrassment to journalism.
Part eight of an eight-part series explaining The 8 Categories of Media Bias. Violation #8:
HonestReporting France exposes serious bias in a French Channel M6 program on Jerusalem, prompting a demonstration outside the TV station’s offices.
We had a busy year, with media critiques, news roundups, videos, graphics, social media posts,
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