An exposé of dishonest media coverage of the Israel-Palestine conflict

[Classical_Liberal]

In Britain, Sam Kiley, a correspondent of the Times newspaper, part of Rupert Murdoch’s communications group, which also owns Fox News in the US, resigned in September 2001, blaming its pro-Israeli censorship of his reporting. He spoke of Murdoch’s close friendship with Ariel Sharon and heavy investment in Israel.

Writing in the London Evening Standard, Kiley pointed out, “The Times foreign editor and other middle managers flew into hysterical terror every time a pro-Israel lobbying group wrote in with a quibble or complaint and then usually took their side against their own correspondent... I was told I should not refer to ‘assassinations’ of Israel’s opponents, nor to ‘extra-judicial’ killings or executions”.

Kiley was also cited as saying the paper’s executives were so frightened of crossing Murdoch that when he interviewed the Israeli army unit responsible for killing a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, he was asked to file the piece without mentioning the dead child.

The Daily Telegraph, part of the US Hollinger group that also owns the Jerusalem Post, previously owned by the disgraced Conrad Black, has also been subject to complaints by its journalists that Black’s strong support for Israel has affected its editorial policy............

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/aug2004/book-a21.shtml

[papau]

1. Ironic? One goes to Israel http://www.haaretzdaily.com/ to get unbiased!

news

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/

[geek tragedy]

2. I'll buy that Murdock and Conrad Black-owned outlets are cheerleaders for

Israel, but the BBC? :eyes:

[Classical_Liberal]

3. The bbc coverage has gone downhill in the last three years

If you read the rest of the report you'll see why. There has been a clear pattern of intimidation and censorship against bbc reporters. Heck in the past week the Sharon government has denied a bbc reporters right to entry, and they have arrested them and deported them as well.

[TrustingDog]

4. everything has gone downhill in the last three years.

We are all on the cusp of the big ugly. Think basic, buy rice and bicycles and water containers.