Op-Ed: Top Ten MidEast Media Mangles for 2013:

Arutz Sheva ^ | 31/12/13

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CAMERA is the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America. Below is their 2013 list of the worst instances of anti-Israel media bias.

1. The New York Times Relentlessly Promotes the Palestinian Narrative On a single Sunday, March 17, The Times published afront page story rehashing old themes about Jewish housing in eastern Jerusalem allegedly victimizing Arab residents ....the newspaper printed a sympathetic photograph of the killer’s mother, rather than the grieving family of the victim. Though the public editor admitted it was a mistake to run that photograph, The Times continues to run the “wrong” picture online....

2. CBS News Chairman Jeff Fager Stonewalls, Refuses to Correct False Report 60 Minutes Executive Producer and CBS News Chairman Jeff Fager still refuses to correct material falsehoods in a 2012 segment, “Christians in the Holy Land,” that inaccurately asserted a “wall completely surrounds Bethlehem, turning the little town where Christ was born into what its residents call an open air prison.”....Let Mr. Fager know again that the error still needs correcting and the public hasn't forgotten! Call him at (212) 975-1073.

3. CNN Seemingly Conducting PR Campaign for the Iranian Regime....

4. Ha'aretz’s Ongoing Pattern of Mistranslations Result in Misrepresentations There’s Ha’aretz in Hebrew and then there’s Ha’aretz in English. The Hebrew edition of Ha’aretz has a very low circulation in comparison to other Israeli newspapers; its influential English site is a go-to portal for Western journalists, policymakers, diplomats, and a vast public. Close reading of both print editions over the course of years has revealed an ongoing pattern in which the Hebrew articles are not merely translated, but often altered. ....

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Must do search of SEC records of all these top ten manglers, and find out who the major stockholders are.