By: Jason Maoz, Senior Editor Jewish Press Wednesday, October 17, 2007 Television has long been the nation’s predominant shaper of public opinion, the supreme arbiter of tastes and trends, the ultimate barometer of what’s popular and what’s not. And if the effects of television have been negative far more often than positive, there is still […]

October 3, 2007 by Myron Kaplan Nearly all Israel-related articles appearing in the National Geographic Society’s famous magazine in the past 15 years have contained falsified history and partisan political statements disparaging the Jewish nation. The trend continues on NG’s popular cable TV channel with a flawed documentary, Secrets of Jerusalem’s Holiest Sites. The hour-long […]

This summer marks the 25th anniversary of Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon. For those who labor under the mistaken assumption that media liberals and leftists turned against Israel because of its handling of the two Palestinian intifadas, or because of what they perceive to be the neoconservative hold on the Bush White House (particularly during […]

Christiane Amanpour’s six-hour documentary special creates controversy. A major documentary series by Christiane Amanpour aired on CNN from August 22-24. “God’s Warriors”, which began by focusing on the Jewish religion, followed by Islam and Christianity, has provoked a great deal of criticism. Please click to see the first part – “Jewish Warriors” and view for […]

CNN’s “God’s Warriors,” hosted by Christiane Amanpour, is a three-part series intended to examine the growing role of religious fundamentalism in today’s world. Unfortunately, the first program in the series, “God’s Jewish Warriors,” is one of the most grossly distorted programs to appear on mainstream American television in many years. It is false in its […]

by Paula R. Stern Israeli journalists are losing their way. According to Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, “Journalism’s ultimate purpose is to inform the reader… and never to permit the serving of special interests.” When journalists make and shape news, rather than report it, they lose their right to claim a place in this profession, and the […]

Hamas is aided and abetted by another mainstream US newspaper. The publication of Hamas op-eds in both the New York Times and Washington Post provoked an outcry. Not wishing to be outdone by its illustrious rivals, the LA Times gives free propaganda to Hamas in a July 10 op-ed by Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzouk. […]

By Alyssa A. Lappen FrontPageMagazine.com | May 8, 2007 The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) doesn’t want Americans to learn of radical Islam’s war against moderate Muslims, such as Danish Member of Parliament Naser Khader, who are trying to reform and transport to the 21st century a faith born (and for a great many, stuck) in […]

A radical UCLA professor questions Israel’s “right to exist”. So far, the international community has stood firm in demanding that any Palestinian government, be it Hamas or otherwise, recognizes Israel as a precursor to lifting financial sanctions. Questioning Israel’s very “right to exist” is a well-employed tool of Israel’s detractors to call into question the […]

By: Tamar Sternthal , Ricki Hollander Jewish Press Wednesday, March 14, 2007 The New York Times’s Steven Erlanger had a lengthy featurein the paper’s March 12 edition about Palestinian youth, the “lost generation of Palestine: its most radical, most accepting of violence and most despairing.” Quoting a dozen Palestinians, the article, entitled “Years of Strife […]