Article: Gaza fuel flap

Sunday, August 8, 2010

This was a very short article about a disagreement between Fatah and Hamas which disrupted electricity production in Gaza.

Israel is mentioned as supplying most of Gaza's power and supplying fuel for the generators in Gaza.

Ratings

Factual Accuracy: 10
Bias-Free: 10
Pro-Israel: 1
Anti-Israel: 0

Article: Iranian president goes after U.S. - again

Date: Sunday, August 8, 2010

This was a very short (three sentence long) article which referred to Ahmadinejad being anti-American, anti-Israel and a Holocaust denier.

Ratings

Factual Accuracy: 10
Bias-Free: 10
Pro-Israel: 1
Anti-Israel: 0

Article: U.N. will investigate Israeli raid on aid ship

Date: Tuesday, August 3, 2010

This was a mostly factual report a planned United Nations investigation of the Gaza flotilla incident.

Bias. Inaccuracies. Omission: The title and content misleadingly referred to an Israeli "raid" and referred to it as being "deadly," without mentioning Israel was merely trying to divert the ship to Ashdod to offload the cargo for transfer to Gaza, with the incident becoming violent only because the armed mercenaries on the ship attacked the Israelis.

Omission: The article omitted any mention of the other United Nations investigation, by the highly biased Human Rights Council.

Omission. Inaccuracies: The article incorrectly referred to the ship as an "aid ship," despite the admission by the organizers of the flotilla that it wasn't sent to provide aid but was sent to break the Israeli blockade [on arms being transferred to Gaza].

Ratings

Factual Accuracy: 9
Bias-Free: 9
Pro-Israel: 0
Anti-Israel: 3

Article: Hamas leader is killed

Date: Sunday, August 1, 2010

This article factually reported on an Israeli airstrike killing a Hamas terrorist, although typically it avoided the use of any term with the root "terror."

Lack of Balance: The article stated in a straightforward manner that Israel killed Issa Batran and struck at smuggling tunnels and a Hamas training camp, stated "The Israeli military said it launched airstrikes against Hamas targets in Gaza after a rocket fired from Gaza exploded in the city of Ashkelon," implying a measure of doubt as to whether there really was a rocket fired and as to the reliability of the words of the Israeli military.

Ratings

Factual Accuracy: 10
Bias-Free: 8
Pro-Israel: 0
Anti-Israel: 0

Article: Gaza rocket hits city; Israeli airstrikes follow

Date: Saturday, July 31, 2010

This article is a factual report on a rocket attack on Ashkelon, followed by an Israeli strike at a terrorist training camp.

Omission: As usual, the article omitted any use of the terms "terror" or "terrorist" when referring to the terror attack.

Misleading. Omission: The article referred to Ashkelon as being "the Israeli city closest to the Gaza Strip." It omitted any reference to Sderot, which some also consider a city, which is closer and has been far from calm.

Ratings

Factual Accuracy: 9
Bias-Free: 9
Pro-Israel: 2
Anti-Israel: 0

Commentary: Rattled, Iran Stirs the Mideast Pot

Date: July 30, 2010

This is a commentary written by Charles Krauthammer about the Iranian nuclear program. It analyzes the calculations of the Iranian regime. It is only secondarily related to Israel, because of the threat Iran poses.

Ratings

Factual Accuracy: 10
Bias-Free: 8
Pro-Israel: 5
Anti-Israel: 0

Article: Britain's Cameron calls Gaza 'a prison camp'

Date: July 28, 2010

This article describes British Prime Minister David Cameron calling Gaza a "prison camp." The article apparently accurately reports statements made by Cameron, Israeli ambassador to Britain Ron Prosor, residents of Gaza and Israel.

Bias, Lack of Balance: The first three and a half paragraphs are devoted to presenting the statements by Cameron and residents of Gaza, with only the last two sentences presenting Israel's response.

Ratings

Factual Accuracy: 10
Bias-Free: 3
Pro-Israel: 0
Anti-Israel: 8