Category: media bias

Israeli Politics, media bias

BBC Misleads Public on Ethiopian MKs

BBC piece on Pnina Tamano Shata (screenshot)

Israel is often portrayed as a racist country by the mainstream media. The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA), a media watchdog, caught an “error” from the UK’s BBC that could lead one to the impression that Israel discriminates against its Ethiopian minority. The article in question, from May 15th, “Israel …

Israeli Politics, media bias, terror

Disturbing PBS Lies

Swastika flag raised at weekly Gaza protests

According to CAMERA Senior Media Analyst Ricki Hollander, PBS Newshour is once again spreading anti-Israel propaganda, claiming that the IDF uses exploding bullets to quell protests. An article by Jane Ferguson, “Gazans suffer life-shattering injuries when border protests turn violent” says nothing about the violent nature of the weekly protests and how Hamas deliberately brings …

Israeli Politics, media bias, US Politics

Friedman: Obama’s “Parting Betrayal” of Israel

US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman

At the June 27, Israel Hayom Forum for US-Israel Relations in Jerusalem, US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman discussed the effects of media bias on society. “When hard news become subject to opinion journalism, the victim is democracy,” Friedman said. “If the electorate is ill-informed, deprived of the hard facts, unvarnished an unspun, then we …

media bias, social media

Roseanne Apologizes to Soros

Roseanne Barr, George Soros (Harald Dettenborn [CC BY 3.0 de (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons)

Roseanne Barr is currently under fire for “Ambien tweeting” about Valerie Jarret and George Soros. Her show has been canceled. She apologized to Jarret. And now she’s apologized to George Soros for calling him a Nazi collaborator. Which is weird, because he’s pretty much admitted he’s a Nazi collaborator. It’s sad watching a gutsy woman …

media bias, US Politics

Roseanne Versus Samantha Bee: Double Standard Much?

Samantha Bee, Roseanne Barr

Forgive me if I just don’t understand how Roseanne makes a tasteless tweet and her show gets canceled, but Samantha Bee makes a tasteless comment and everyone says it’s not the same thing and her apology is accepted and her life goes on as usual. Is the difference that in the first case, the comment …

Israeli Politics, Massacres and Disasters, media bias

Burnt By Terror Kites: Where are the Nature Lovers?

Beeri Crater Reserve Burnt by terror kites from Gaza

The news is full of the so-called innocent protesters at the border between Gaza and Israel, and how many of them have been killed by IDF soldiers. The fact that they’re terrorists waving flags emblazoned with swastikas, or that they’re throwing boulders at soldiers goes unmentioned. Also unmentioned is the terror by kite we’ve seen …