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The British Media and Israel's Capital

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Tuesday, 30 September 2008 01:00

 

Arab Media Watch (AMW) has issued a report on its analysis of news and headlines in the British press that erroneously refer to Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

From a 3 month study (1 June - 31 August 2008) of British national dailies, the AMW team found that out of a total of 21 article appearances:

12 of the 21 (57%) identify Tel Aviv as the capital, with the remaining nine (43%) identifying it, incorrectly, as Jerusalem.


Of the 21 articles, six are commentaries (29%), and the remaining 15 (71%) are news articles.

The commentaries studied were:

- The Telegraph's leader writer
- Max Hastings in the Guardian
- The Independent's leader writer
- The Telegraph's executive foreign editor Con Coughlin

The study also found that reference to Jerusalem as the capital of Israel occurs more frequently in The Independent and the Daily Telegraph. A case of sloppy editing or deliberate usage?

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Muslim  - Great Work - FACTS not fiction   |2010-02-02 16:48:15
The systematic gathering of evidence to put before those accused of bias lays to rest any lazy stereotypes that Arabs/Muslims are dreaming of victimhood.

Furthermore, the general public who claim to be reasonabally educated & aware will be surprised to note how paid "professional" journalists paid to inform the lay public are either egregiously shoddy or partisan.
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