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Tag Archives: Matti Friedman
Diaspora Jews and the media are getting it wrong on Gaza (again)
NEW YORK TIMES Falling for Hamas’s Split-Screen Fallacy by Matti Friedman May 16, 2018 …Most Western viewers experienced these events through a visual storytelling tool: a split screen [the Embassy opening and the Gaza riots]…The attempts to breach the Gaza … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Alan Dershowitz, Gaza, Hamas, IDF, Matti Friedman, Micha Danzig
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Matti Friedman skewers these self-important and oh-so-courageous social justice novelists
WASHINGTON POST What happens when famous novelists ‘confront the Occupation’ in the West Bank by Matti Friedman June 23, 2017 …What it’s really about is the writers. Most of the essays aren’t journalism but a kind of selfie in which … Continue reading
“Despite Israel’s unprecedented efforts to minimize Gaza’s civilian casualties, the film shows how Hamas works to maximize them” [VIDEO]
FRONT PAGE MAG Media Misfeasance Exposed in “Eyeglass in Gaza” Documentary by Noah Beck March 6, 2017 Hamas operatives burst into the Associated Press (AP) Gaza bureau during the 2014 war with Israel, angered by a picture shot by an … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Associated Press, Gaza, Hamas, Matti Friedman
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Former AP Journalist Expands on Criticism of ‘Breaking the Silence’ Report: ‘This is Not Journalism, It’s Propaganda’
ALGEMEINER by Staff May 14, 2015 Israeli-Canadian journalist Matti Friedman expanded on his recent criticism on Facebook of a report by Israeli nongovernmental organization Breaking the Silence about the conduct of Israeli troops during last summer’s war in Gaza. Friedman called the … Continue reading
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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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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What the Media Gets Wrong About Israel
THE ATLANTIC by Matti Friedman November 30, 2014 During the Gaza war this summer, it became clear that one of the most important aspects of the media-saturated conflict between Jews and Arabs is also the least covered: the press itself. … Continue reading
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
Ongoing Controversy Around ‘The Most Important Story on Earth’
TABLET MAG by Matti Friedman September 16, 2014 Responding to critics of my essay about Israel media coverage. My essay “An Insider’s Guide to the Most Important Story on Earth” touched a nerve far beyond my expectations—I didn’t think that … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Gershom Gorenberg, Journalism, journalists, Matti Friedman, Rick Miron, Rick Santorum, Steven Gutkin
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Yishai Fleisher interviews Matti Friedman [CLICK FOR VIDEO]
VOICE OF ISRAEL September 3, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69hIGLLrt8I Journalist and award-winning author Matti Friedman joins Yishai in-studio to discuss his powerful article, ‘An Insider’s Guide to the Most Important Story on Earth,’ in which he writes about “the resurgence of an … Continue reading
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