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Feb 28, 2023, 10:43 AM
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The New York Times’ Jesus problem
Accuracy about biographical details of a historical figure central to a leading world religion shouldn't be too hard
Oct 10, 2021, 11:42 PM
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Flushing the Israel out of ancient Israel
An Israel Antiquities Authority archeologist at the site of the recently unearthed toilet from the First Temple-period in Jerusalem (Yoli Schwartz / Israel Antiquities Authority)
The AP's report on the discovery of a First Temple era toilet omits Jewish references, while a NY Times Rosh Hashanah recipe evokes 'Canaanites,' not Israelites
Jan 20, 2021, 3:23 PM
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Why doesn’t the NYTimes rely on its own archives?
The New York Times building, New York City. (iStock)
The 'paper of record' is getting its Israel-related facts wrong, and it isn't even correcting the errors that contradict its past reporting
Jan 7, 2020, 3:51 PM
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Beyond levity: The New York Times’s 2019 ethical failures
A caricature of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump published in The New York Times international edition on April 25, 2019, which the paper later acknowledged 'included anti-Semitic tropes.' (Raoul Wootliff/Times of Israel)
If only goofing the caption of an Israeli political poster was the most egregious anti-Israel error by the paper of record
May 21, 2017, 1:49 PM
Looking Back at the ‘Fake News’ of Jerusalem
Tomorrow , President Donald Trump, marked by controversy and unpredictability, arrives in Jerusalem, Israel’s hotly contested capital. That alone is a potentially combustible combination. Add to the mix the fact that Jerusalem is subject to more intensive media coverage than...
Oct 29, 2014, 11:29 PM
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New York Times editor admits holding Palestinians to a lower standard
Editor Matt Seaton tweeted he'd publish op-eds on Palestinian discrimination as soon as they have a state
Jul 8, 2014, 2:06 PM
Faux Fairness at The New York Times
The Times is an American icon and fairness is a core American value. It’s no wonder then that The Times says it places a premium on fairness, a laudable journalistic value. Its Standards and Ethics guidelines state: “The goal of...
Jun 16, 2014, 2:30 PM
NY Times: Israeli Rescue Attempts Destabilize Relations With Palestinians
Israel’s attempts to rescue three kidnapped teens are endangering Palestinian-Israeli relations, reports The New York Times today. “The growing search for them and their captors further destabilized Israeli-Palestinian relations, and challenged the new Palestinian government’s ability to hold together...
Jan 22, 2014, 1:35 PM
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Lies, damned lies, and eulogies
Post-mortem media coverage of Ariel Sharon is rife with factual errors, two of which appear in a New York Times op-ed
Nov 22, 2012, 6:41 PM
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Agence France-Presse perpetuates a Hamas lie
The French news agency is the only one not to retract the claim that Israel killed Mahmoud Sadallah
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Tamar Sternthal is the director of the Israel Office of CAMERA