PBS's Dishonest Iran Edit
As if tensions between the United States and Iran weren't high enough, here's PBS NewsHour anchor Margaret Warner (1/9/12): The Iranian government insists that its nuclear activities are for peaceful...
View ArticlePBS, NPR Try to Defend Iran Distortions
Evaluating reporting and commentary about Iran could be reduced to one simple rule: There is no evidence that Iran is working on a nuclear weapon. Statements that suggest otherwise are misleading....
View ArticleWhen War Is in the Air on PBS
One of the most troubling aspects of all the media coverage of an attack on Iran is that it can make a radically destabilizing act of unprovoked war seem like just another policy choice. I thought of...
View ArticleIran's 'Nuclear Weapons Program,' Again
On Monday's edition of the NewsHour (1/28/13), host Gwen Ifill referred to concerns about the "threat posed by Iran's nuclear program," and told viewers that a story "looks at the debate in Israel over...
View ArticleWhen 'Confirmed' Means 'An Official Told Me So'
NBC's Richard Engel report that "what we've been able to confirm" is that a Syrian convoy attacked by Israel "was packed with fairly sophisticated Russian anti-aircraft missiles." It is highly doubtful...
View ArticlePBS Goes to Israel and Palestine–Mostly Israel
When NewsHour anchor Gwen Ifill said, "We will hear more from Margaret [Warner] as she travels through Israel, the West Bank and Gaza over the next week and a half," That sounded like it could be be an...
View ArticleOn Thatcher, What's the Difference Between PBS & Fox News?
it was striking to see the parallels between the way Margaret Thatcher's death was covered on the PBS NewsHour and Fox News Channel's most popular show, the O'Reilly Factor. Though some people like to...
View ArticleOn Iran Policy, America Is Not 'the World'
When reporters talk about what "the world" thinks about Iran, they really just mean the United States.
View ArticlePBS to Treasury Official: 'Why Can't You Just Bomb Them?'
It seems it's hard to talk to an elite media host for very long before they start fantasizing about blowing things up.
View ArticleFAIR TV: Keystone Misinformation, War 'Works' and NPR's Cosby Questions
The Keystone XL pipeline is back in the news--and so is a lot of the same old misinformation. Plus we'll look at how some TV journalists think about how war "works," and at what exactly NPR's Scott...
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