CAMERA BLOG
The new Wall Street Journal – chasing clicks with anti-Israel bias
Andrea Levin
July 26, 2024

Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Emma Tucker is making changes at the venerable publication, pushing more “life-style stories with snappy headlines” in the news section and has reportedly downsized, if not gutted, the standards desk that handles corrections. She’s eliminated an editing team “responsible for prepublication review of sensitive stories.” The new direction, as described in a National Review story, resonates alarmingly for many readers of the newspaper who have long counted on its fact-focused, serious coverage but find something very different today. For many too the increasingly skewed, factually shoddy coverage of Israel is a striking indicator of the wider shift in tenor and content. READ MORE

CAMERA BLOG John Oliver’s Latest Rant About Israel Is As Misinformed As It Is Crass Not content with having embarrassed himself when he last discussed Israel in November, John Oliver is back with a 29-minute long Gish Gallop of a rant in which nearly every sentence is misleading. Oliver makes clear throughout that he is interested only in promoting the Palestinian narrative, and that facts contrary to this world view – such as every single missed opportunity the Palestinians have had for independence – have no place in his blame-Israel-first approach.