Posted on Mon, April 11, 2011 at 18:54 pm CEST
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What Country in the World Has the Most Journalists Imprisoned?

What country in the world has the most journalists imprisoned? The answer might surprise you. According to a recent study… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Ergenekon • Human Rights • Neo-Ottomanism • The Media • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, April 9, 2011 at 14:21 pm CEST
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Who Won’t Talk? The Palestinian Authority, Not Israel

The effort to make Israel look bad is simply ridiculous. But even in this context, the following lead paragraph caught my eye… Continue reading

Topics: Germany • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Media Bias • Palestinian Authority • Peace Process 
Posted on Sat, April 9, 2011 at 02:48 am CEST
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Some European Intellectuals Go Insane With Hatred

People in English-speaking countries are often horrified and outraged by what’s published in their language’s mass media… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Barry Rubin • Europe • Media Bias • Netherlands • Pro-Palestinianism 
Posted on Mon, April 4, 2011 at 19:09 pm CEST
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Why Contemporary Media Is So Bad

A reader asks me: But why is media reporting so bad (obviously with many honorable exceptions). I first wrote on this topic… Continue reading

Topics: Media Bias • Miscellaneous • Multiculturalism • The Media • United States of America 
Posted on Sun, April 3, 2011 at 11:12 am CEST
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Arab Spring: Male-on-Female Atrocity in Gaza

Last month, at least eight Muslim Palestinian female journalists were physically beaten with clubs, iron chairs, and fists, stabbed, and tortured… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Gaza and Westbank • Hamas • Human Rights • Islamism • The Media 
Posted on Mon, March 21, 2011 at 01:00 am CET
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Much Mass Media Coverage of Israel-Palestinian Issues Is Propaganda, Not Journalism

So constant are the lies told in mass media coverage of Israel-Palestinian issues that it is hardly worthwhile to critique individual articles… Continue reading

Topics: Fatah • Gaza and Westbank • Global Jihad • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Media Bias • The Media 
Posted on Fri, March 11, 2011 at 00:28 am CET
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Why Does the Media Report the Opposite of What’s True in the Middle East?

Here’s one of a thousand examples of how Middle East reality is being misrepresented. I’m told by people that the deputy head of… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Egypt • Media Bias • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East 
Posted on Thu, March 10, 2011 at 01:49 am CET
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Ending Turkey’s nightmare

The arrest of prominent journalists in Turkey on March 3, among them a recipient of the International Press Institute’s “World Press Freedom Hero” award… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Ergenekon • Islamism • The Media • Turkey 
Posted on Fri, March 4, 2011 at 19:16 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Al-Jazeera Changed Coverage to Suit Qatari Foreign Policy

Qatar is using the Arabic news channel al-Jazeera as a bargaining chip in foreign policy negotiations by adapting its coverage to suit other foreign… Continue reading

Topics: Qatar • The Media • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Sun, February 27, 2011 at 20:40 pm CET
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“Cyber war” Between Iran’s Regime and Opposition-Supporting Western Media

As protest demonstrations resume, the cyber war between Iran’s regime and its opponents has escalated as well in the recent two weeks… Continue reading

Topics: Cyber War • Democracy • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • The Media • United States of America 
Posted on Sun, February 27, 2011 at 15:08 pm CET
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Israel-Bashing: The Al-Jazeera Mirror

American journalists on the ground in the Mid-East these past few weeks, elbow-to-elbow with al-Jazeera reporters like never before… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Arab Spring • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Media Bias 
Posted on Sat, February 26, 2011 at 15:52 pm CET
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Would Appointing a Turkish Diplomat to Head the OSCE Secretariat Help Anchor Turkey in the West?

Several developments are making Turkey’s role in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) increasingly prominent. The Turkish government… Continue reading

Topics: Armenia • Cyprus • Europe • Greece • Human Rights • Kazakhstan • OSCE • The Media • The Middle East • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, February 24, 2011 at 01:26 am CET
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Media and Middle East: Wow, These People are Repressive Dictators! Who Knew?

For those of us who have been trying to talk about Middle East dictators for a long time it is amusing to see how people are lining up to be “horrified” by… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Human Rights • Islamic Countries • Islamic Fundamentalism • Libya • The Media • The Middle East 
Posted on Mon, February 21, 2011 at 21:59 pm CET
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My Adventures with NPR: A Case Study of Media as Political Warfare Operation

Here’s an experience that I think is very revealing. I was asked by an NPR program to be interviewed on the situation in Egypt… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Media Bias • The Media • United States of America 
Posted on Sun, February 6, 2011 at 21:56 pm CET
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Do Egyptians Want a Relatively Secular, Stable Democracy?

Here is the real issue: What do the masses want? Remember, it is the people of Egypt — especially in an election — that will determine the outcome, not just… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Eurabia • Global Islam • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • The Media 
Posted on Sat, February 5, 2011 at 21:15 pm CET
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Upside-Down Journalism: Don’t Believe What You See in International News Media

The weak point here is not what Israel says or does — since even documented reports are ignored or ridiculed — but the credulity, unprofessional behavior, and sometimes malice of the journalists involved… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Media Bias • The Media • The Middle East 
Posted on Thu, January 27, 2011 at 20:54 pm CET
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The Guardian and the ‘Palestine Papers’

Do you really believe that suddenly, for no apparent reason, and no big Israeli concession the Palestinian negotiators tossed away their demand for a… Continue reading

Topics: Britain • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestine Papers • Pro-Palestinianism • The Media 
Posted on Thu, January 27, 2011 at 00:20 am CET
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Hamas and PA Remarks on the ‘Palestine Papers’

On January 21 Al-Jazeera TV and the British Guardian leaked a series of documents dealing with the negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Other documents… Continue reading

Topics: Hamas • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestine Papers • Palestinian Authority • Peace Process • The Media 
Posted on Wed, January 26, 2011 at 18:39 pm CET
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The Tucson Shooting and the Fort Hood Shooter

Typical soul searching about the Tucson Shooting… Continue reading

Topics: English • Miscellaneous • Satire • The Media • United States of America 
Posted on Mon, January 24, 2011 at 13:49 pm CET
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The “Palestine Papers”: Fabrication of the Day

Several people have asked me what I think about the new “Palestine Papers” which have been “obtained” (that means the PA gave it to them) by al-Jazira, the Guardian, and perhaps others, in imitation of Wikileaks… Continue reading

Topics: Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Media Bias • Palestine Papers • Palestinian Authority • Peace Process 
Posted on Mon, January 17, 2011 at 01:10 am CET
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Iran’s Crackdown on “Soft War”

Hamid-Reza Fouladgar, member of the Majles Article 10 Commission on Political Parties, announced last week that, in accordance with recent changes in the Parties Law, political… Continue reading

Topics: Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Shi'ism • The Media 
Posted on Sun, January 16, 2011 at 00:50 am CET
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Tunisia: Revolution?

A popular uprising fueled by unemployment, economic suffering, and long-term discontent has overthrown the dictator–but not necessarily the dictatorship–in Tunisia. In 55 years of independence… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Jasmine Revolution • The Media • Tunisia • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Fri, January 14, 2011 at 17:04 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Retaliation Planned after Iran Jammed BBC Broadcasts

Embassy London Iran Watcher (poloff) met February 3 (2010) with Jaime Turner, Deputy Head of Multi-lateral Affairs at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Iran Group to discuss… Continue reading

Topics: Britain • Europe • Iran • The Media • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Wed, January 5, 2011 at 12:58 pm CET
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HonestReporting: Palestinians Caught in Another Libel?

Honestreporting issued a communique questioning the reports of mainstream media outlets on the death of a Palestinian woman allegedly killed by inhaling tear gas during a protest against Israel’s security barrier… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Media Bias 
Posted on Mon, December 20, 2010 at 01:45 am CET
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Iran Arrests Reformist Journalists

Seven reformist journalists were arrested in Iran over the past week. Earlier this week, internal security forces raided the residence of Reyhaneh Tabataba’i, a journalist working for the reformist daily Sharq, and… Continue reading

Topics: Human Rights • International Law • Iran • Shi'ism • The Media