The Media Intifada: Bad Math, Ugly Truths About New York Times In Israel-Hamas War [long]

Forbes ^ | 8-27-14 | Richard Behar

[SJackson]

It’s a “media intifada,” notes Gary Weiss, an old colleague and one of the world’s top business investigative reporters. He is referring of course to the ongoing war in Gaza, where journalists working for American news outlets have, he says, “become part of the Hamas war machine.”

As more than a month has passed since Israel began its Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, it’s high time to dig through the carnage that many of my colleagues from major U.S. media outlets are leaving behind—especially the New York Times.

On August 11th, the normally Israel-averse Foreign Press Association in Israel conceded what those closely following the war coverage already knew: That Hamas has been intimidating foreign reporters. In a harsh statement, it condemned the terrorist group for “the blatant, incessant, forceful and unorthodox methods employed by the Hamas authorities and their representatives against visiting international journalists in Gaza over the past month.”

This is hardly surprising, as who can expect a terrorist group to treat reporters nicely—except perhaps many reporters themselves? But what is surprising is that New York Times’ Jerusalem bureau chief Jodi Rudoren undermined her own newspaper—quickly denouncing the FPA’s statement. She said in a tweet that she wasn’t aware of any such harassed reporters, even though she concedes she spent only one week in Gaza herself during the height of the conflict. In an email to the FPA, she said that the FPA’s statement could be “dangerous” to the “credibility” of the foreign press who are covering the conflict. “Every reporter I’ve met who was in Gaza during war says this Israeli/now FPA narrative of Hamas harassment is nonsense,” she tweeted. [Boldface type hers.]

[SJackson]

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[Gay State Conservative]

It shouldn't be a surprise that the Old Grey Lady has on her staff a bevy of Walter Durantys stationed in Beirut,Damascus,Tel Aviv and Tripoli...just waiting for their Pulitzers.

[Prospero]

There's an old saying in Washington, and experience proves it almost always accurate. "The story is over when the media starts turning the camera on each other."

It should, perhaps, be amended to read something like, "there is nothing more to be added to the story for the moment when the reporters start talking about one another," or something like that...

[Linda Frances]

I skimmed through the really long proof of anti-Israeli bias and found it outrageous how these people lie, connive and are part of the war against Israel. I believe many of these news outlets and so called journalist are Jewish themselves. I am convinced more and more everyday, this self hatred and outright hatred of the Jews is spiritual. They are blinded by what is truly evil. If these people hate the Jewish people so much they need to join Hamas and quit playing games.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem and protection for Gods chosen people.

[Slings and Arrows]

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