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AP EXCLUSIVE: UN to Let Iran Inspect Alleged Nuke Work Site

“The Obama administration has repeatedly claimed that the deal is based on verification, not trust. However, according to the AP report [below], IAEA inspectors will be barred from physically accessing Parchin, and Iran will be allowed to conduct its own … Continue reading

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Actually, the Vatican Recognized Palestine in 2012—Not Today

TABLET MAG by Yair Rosenberg May 13, 2015 But some media outlets, beginning with the AP, wrote otherwise Other outlets quickly picked up the AP’s story or hammered out their own version. Vox’s “Pope Francis just officially recognized Palestine as a state” offers … Continue reading

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AP Reporter to State Dept: If Iran ‘Routinely Screws’ Other Western Countries, Why is Nuke Deal Any Different

ALGEMEINER by David Daoud May 3, 2015 In a testy exchange on Friday between Associated Press reporter Matt Lee and the State Department’s Acting Deputy Spokesman, Jeff Rathke, Lee questioned whether the Iranian regime can be trusted to adhere to … Continue reading

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Highlights from Matti Friedman’s Speech on Mideast Media Coverage

CAMERA BLOG January 30, 2015 Building on his important critique of Middle East media coverage (in Tablet), his short follow-up (also in Tablet), and his more detailed exploration (in The Atlantic), former Associated Press reporter Matti Friedman this week delivered … Continue reading

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Former AP Reporter: I Didn’t Leave Journalism, It Left Me

JEWISH PRESS by Lori Lowenthal Marcus December 16, 2014 About mainstream media’s twisted reporting on Israel, Lavie says: ‘I was not sensitive to it because I am Jewish, I was sensitive to it because I’m a journalist.’….Outsiders have long believed … Continue reading

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Israeli Watchdog NGO Monitor ‘Censored’ by AP and Other Major Outlets

ALGEMEINER by Ben Cohen December 1, 2014 The Associated Press is not the only major news outlet to uncritically report the perspectives of NGOs working on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict while ignoring their critics, Israel’s leading analyst of the NGO sector, … Continue reading

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Former AP Reporter Confirms Matti Friedman Account

TABLET MAG by Stephanie Butnick September 19, 2014 Former AP reporter says Jerusalem bureau pulled his 2009 story about Israeli peace offer Last month, former Associated Press reporter Matti Friedman published an essay in Tablet highlighting how, and why, news … Continue reading

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