Biased Reporting

by Eric on July 26, 2006

http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1088912006

Consistantly the media reports against Israel. This is not just UN and EU sentiment, but dishonest reporting.

In this article, the Scotsman happily points fingers at Israel for their mistakes. Hitting a UN installation was a mistake. Killing civilians is a mistake. However, civilian casualties are a fact of war. The Scotsman article did not point out that hundreds of Israelis are injured and dozens are dead.

When a newspaper reports on a topic, they should be “fair and balanced.” Not fair and balanced as in Fox News biases, but actually unbiased and fair to both sides. In order to fully understand something, you must understand both sides of an issue. The Scotsman apparantly does not.

About the author

Eric Eric is the founder and editor of IsraelSituation.com. He has been to Israel many times including a semester at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the former president of the Israel advocacy group at the University of Colorado and teaches about Israel and the Media at a local religious school.

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