TEN QUESTIONS for Kobi Michael

TEN QUESTIONS for Kobi Michael Former Israel National Security Official Rips Bernie Sanders Posted on: April 19, 2016  18:18 +00:00  [13:18 EST]   “Mr. Sanders has to say that if he will be the president, he will demand that the Palestinians stop playing games and to say once and for all that they accept the formula of […]

TEN QUESTIONS for Gene Foreman: Ethics Textbook Author

TEN QUESTIONS for Gene Foreman: Ethics Textbook Author Is Reuters’ Jerusalem Bureau Chief Luke Baker Biased Against Israel? Posted on: August 18, 2016  23:16 +00:00  [18:16 EST]   In late June, we received an inquiry from Simon Plosker, the managing editor of an organization named HonestReporting (HR), whose mandate is “Defending Israel From Media Bias.” Mr. Plosker asked if we […]

TEN QUESTIONS for Australia’s Robert Magid

TEN QUESTIONS for Australia’s Robert Magid His “Eyeless in Gaza” Documentary Unmasks Western Media Coverage Posted on: May 31, 2017  00:19 +00:00  [19:19 EST]   Robert Magid, a leading Australian real estate developer, and publisher of Australian Jewish News, was in New York back in February. He was there, in large part, to promote a documentary he produced called “Eyeless […]

Media’s Pro Forma Bashing of Israel’s Response to Gaza Protests

Media’s Pro Forma Bashing of Israel’s Response to Gaza Protests Posted on: April 24, 2018  17:13 +00:00  [12:13 EST] UPDATE: Two armed Gazans with a grenade and a knife were arrested today after crossing into Israel, having breached a security fence.  “It was not immediately clear what the suspects’ intentions were in Israel,” writes the Times of Israel, […]

FIT TO PRINT?: The Fishy Business of the New York Times in Iran

FIT TO PRINT?: The Fishy Business of the New York Times in Iran March 14, 2016 A version of this article was published in The Mideast Reporter. Mr. Kirchick subsequently joined Mideast Dig as a Contributing Editor.  UPDATE JANUARY 28, 2025:  Not “fit to print” in the archive? Apparently, the New York Times article about […]

DAGGERS & DIAMONDS: Equating Attackers & Victims

DAGGERS & DIAMONDS: Equating Attackers and Victims A version of this story was first published in The Mideast Reporter.   It’s no shocker that roughly 60% of Americans don’t read beyond the headlines of news stories — as was revealed in an in-depth study in 2014 by the American Press Institute.   (The true number is undoubtedly higher, since […]

Open Letter To NYU’s President – Part 1

Open Letter To NYU’s President [Part 1] Why The American Studies Assn.’s Israel Boycott Makes Me Ashamed To Be An Alumnus Click the link to view Part 2. This article was published on January 14, 2014, at Forbes.com, with editorial assistance from Gary Weiss.   Dear NYU President John Sexton, I’m a journalism graduate of […]