Al Jazeera Gaza coverage earns Emmy nomination

Published on August 12, 2010

The Al Jazeera English news channel was nominated for an International Emmy for its coverage of the Gaza War.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, it’s always Sunny in Hebron

Published on December 18, 2008

" , , , Eshman, here is the question I have for you: Brother can you spare a dime? . . . "

Firsthand accounts bring WWII London ‘Blitz’ to life

By Amanda Susskind
Published on December 13, 2007

There is no shortage of books, historical and fictional, on the bombing of London during World War II. Peter Stansky's new book, "The First Day of the Blitz," combines history, political commentary and firsthand testimony in a compelling account.

Shattered

By Rob Eshman
Published on June 30, 2005

I'm not sure, but Tom and I may be breaking up.

It's not over yet, and he doesn't know about this -- largely because he couldn't care less -- but from where I sit, Tom Friedman is looking less and less like the Sage of Bethesda and more and more like a tone-deaf Telemachus.

Is Israel Spy Claim a Neocon Backlash?

By James D. Besser
Published on September 2, 2004

Hours after CBS News first reported that federal officials were investigating a possible Israeli "mole" at the Pentagon, the first analysis hit the wires claiming that the emerging scandal wouldn't damage U.S.-Israel relations.

Faults and Failures

By Rob Eshman
Published on July 22, 2004

Last February, the head of the Mossad lost his cell phone. He left it in his car -- that's right, the head of Israel's renowned top secret spy agency left his cell phone in his car. When he returned, he found someone had bashed his windows and stolen it. On it were the numbers of, well, everyone on whom Israel's security and defense relies.

Grass-Roots Level Campaign Coverage

By Bill Boyarsky
Published on July 15, 2004

The election analysis is all the same. For days, the political press was almost totally occupied with Sen. John Kerry's choice for the vice presidential candidate. When Sen. John Edwards was selected, everyone I saw or read had the same take: Terrific speaker; inexperienced; shady trial lawyer; fighter for the forgotten.

It was as if the journalists were afraid to stray off the beaten track or leave the reporting pack to have an original thought. Today's political reporting is a compendium of conventional wisdom. The motto of the press corps is: "On one hand.... And on the other...."

The Times Swerves Off the ‘High Road’

By Tamar Sternthal
Published on May 20, 2004

As word of Los Angeles Times Editor John S. Carroll's address on journalistic ethics spread across the Internet, critics were riled by his assertion that the Times is committed to taking the "high road" in comparison to other media outlets nationwide, which are engaging in "pseudo-journalism."

Anti-Semitism Acts Climb in Holland

By Rachel Levy
Published on January 15, 2004

Anti-Semitic acts in Holland rose significantly in 2002, but few cases were serious, according to a new report.

New Standards for Fair Coverage at NPR

By Kevin Klose
Published on August 14, 2003

As the world turns its focus once again to events in the Middle East, this is an opportune time for National Public Radio (NPR) and all media outlets to examine the way in which we cover the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and to talk to our listeners about the steps we take to ensure objective and accurate coverage.

Thinking Twice About War

By J.J. Goldberg
Published on September 5, 2002

On a single day during Passover 1986, most of Israel's major dailies ran oddly identical front-page stories describing a secret negotiation, recently collapsed, between Israel and Iraq. Iraq, it was said, had approached Israeli representatives in New York, asking that Jerusalem switch its covert support from Iran to Iraq in the war between them. In return, Iraq would exchange ambassadors with Israel after it won the war. Israel reportedly demanded recognition now, not later, and then ended the contacts abruptly after Washington caught wind of them.

On Statistics and Heroes

By Hal Klopper
Published on August 29, 2002

The current conflagration in Israel and the territories is now two years old. News of each explosion in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv alarms me and fills me with a dread that does not retreat until I hear on the phone the voices of my friends in Jerusalem or Tel Aviv. Countless times now I have woken my friends in the middle of the Israeli night. I confirm their voices, and then my dread recedes into statistics.