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The Australian’s Apartheid Cloud
The Australian’s headline reads: “Living under a residency cloud in Israel” (subscription only – full article reproduced here) But this is no fluffy, benign cloud. For the original headline, as...
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Aussie Editor Apologizes for Apartheid Headline
HonestReporting critiqued a particularly nasty piece of journalism in The Australian. While the newspaper hasn’t addressed the one-sided contents of the article itself, the editor has, at least,...
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Media Overplays Airport Security Issue
Just this week, en route to Israel through a British airport, I observed a young family being held up at security. Despite the fact that he had a newborn infant strapped to his chest in a baby carrier...
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Max Brenner has become an unfortunate target of Australian pro-Palestinian activists who want to get rid of the popular chocolate chain. Now, The Australian explains that a new video has surfaced...
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In advance of an Australian Broadcasting Corporation program to be aired on February 10, The Australian’s John Lyons has produced two articles and an accompanying video interview on the subject of...
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Foul-Mouthed Australian Columnist Quits Over Israel Flap
After stirring up a hornet’s nest of tension with the Jewish community, editors, and executives at his parent company Fairfax Media, the Sydney Morning Herald columnist Mike Carlton quit over a string...
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Abbas Cracks Down on Hamas
Today’s Top Stories 1. Mahmoud Abbas is cracking down on Hamas and threatening to break up the national unity government. Avi Issacharoff argues that it’s time to take Abbas very seriously: [Abbas] and...
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Palestinian Terror Wave: Horrible Headlines
Are Palestinians really responsible for carrying out terror attacks? According to The Australian, it’s buses and cars that you’ve got to watch out for: Meanwhile, for Sky News, Jerusalem itself is...
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The New York Times Drops the Knife
Here is the original headline that the New York Times ran to introduce an article describing the results of an unsuccessful Palestinian terrorist attack. Even the Times realized at some point how...
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Headline Fails as Israeli Soldier Convicted of Manslaughter
The conviction of IDF soldier Sergeant Elor Azaria for the manslaughter of a Palestinian terrorist has generated many headlines in the international press. The terrorist had attacked and stabbed an...
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Headline Fails: “Wounded Palestinian,”“Suspect” or “Attacker?”
UPDATE Following our complaints, CNN’s headline and text now refer to a “wounded Palestinian assailant” rather than a “wounded Palestinian knife attack suspect.” UPDATE 2 While The Times of London...
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SUCCESS: HR Prompts The Australian to Correct Headline Fail
UPDATE Shortly following the publication of this post and direct communication with The Australian, the headline was amended to the following: Thanks to The Australian for responding so quickly....
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Two Headline Fails in Three Days For The Australian
UPDATE Thank you to The Australian for once again changing the headline and acknowledging that this should not have happened. The headline now reads: What is going on at The Australian? On March...
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Another Attempted Stabbing, Another Headline Fail
UPDATE The Australian hasn’t amended its headline, preferring, it appears, to remove the story in its entirety and replacing it with a novelty Error 404 page to indicate a broken or non-existent link....
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Jerusalem Fallout: More Media Muckups
We thought we saw enough botched coverage last week of President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem’s capital status to last us for awhile. Were we ever wrong. Between the West Bank clashes, Gaza...
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Time for The Australian to Withdraw Israeli Tanks
UPDATE Following a complaint from HonestReporting, The Australian has changed the text of the opinion piece, which now simply states: “Israel hit back at targets in Gaza and the ugly possibility of...
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Gaza Rocket Attack: Who Covered It and How?
A mother and her three children narrowly escaped with their lives in the early hours of Wednesday morning when a rocket fired from Gaza landed on their house in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba....
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Australian Headline Tars Israel with Racism
The absorption of Ethiopian Jews has not been without huge challenges over the years. Nonetheless, it is a source of immense pride that Israel has facilitated the immigration of the community where...
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