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- Matti Friedman: “To free its people, Israel negotiates with terrorists and releases murderers. Is that a strength or a weakness?”
Tag Archives: Associated Press
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
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged AP, Associated Press, Palestine, State of Palestine, United Nations, Vatican
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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
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Associated Press, Iran, Jeff Rathke, Matt Lee, US State Department
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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
Posted in Israel & Middle East
Tagged Associated Press, CAMERA, Matti Friedman, media, Palestinians
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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
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
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Associated Press, Gerald Steinberg, Matti Friedman, NGO Monitor
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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