James North

New York

Covering the Global South for 49 years. Wrote "Freedom Rising," about apartheid South Africa. Editor @Mondoweiss. Reporting on the Migration "Crisis"

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In the ‘NYTimes,’ Israeli captives are ‘hostages.’ But Palestinians are ‘prisoners.’ The biased coverage continues

1 month ago | mondoweiss.net | James North

The one-sided New York Times coverage of the latest news from Israel and Palestine continues, unchanged. *Times reports on the release of people held in captivity continue to be slanted. Israelis who are freed are called “hostages,” and human interest details accompany the detailed coverage. Palestinian are “prisoners,” even though many of them, most likely hundreds, were also held without trial or any due process — and the sparest of personal details accompany the Times reports.
The NY Times double-standard: Israelis are humanized while Palestinians, like Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, are ignored

2 months ago | mondoweiss.net | James North

The usual one-sided coverage of Palestine continued in this Sunday’s New York Times. Right at the top of the front page is a large photograph of one of the four Israeli women soldiers who were just released in Gaza and returned to Israel. It is accompanied by a long article. Inside, on page 6, is another detailed report, with first-hand human interest details about the four Israeli women.
’60 Minutes’ program on Lebanon pager attack was nothing more than Israeli propaganda

Dec 31, 2024 | mondoweiss.net | James North

The storm of criticism that immediately followed the disgusting “60 Minutes” December 22 televised report about Israel’s “pager attack” in Lebanon arguably missed the awful report’s broader and more concealed impact. First, and most obviously, Lesley Stahl’s 13:34 feature was squarely in the long mainstream U.S. media tradition of glorifying the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency.
U.S. mainstream media downplays Amnesty International’s finding that Israel is committing genocide

Dec 6, 2024 | mondoweiss.net | James North

The mainstream U.S. media faced an excruciating dilemma. Amnesty International, the respected human rights organization, just released a 296-page report, based on months of research, that said Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. How much would American newspapers and cable news networks downplay or try to neutralize the report? The preliminary results are already clear.
‘NYTimes’ biased coverage of Amsterdam soccer violence attempts to hide Israeli racism

Nov 10, 2024 | mondoweiss.net | James North

The New York Times report on the recent soccer clashes in Amsterdam was so biased that you wouldn’t be entirely surprised if you found out that Israel’s propaganda/disinformation ministry had kidnapped the paper’s reporters and put guns to their heads. At this site, Sana Saaed has already done an impressive post surveying the widespread global media bias about the events. But, unfortunately, the New York Times is the most important source of coverage of Israel/Palestine for Americans.
In 1968, a Democratic president proposed de-escalating an unpopular war to help his party. Biden needs to act now.

Oct 24, 2024 | mondoweiss.net | James North

The unpopular Democratic president unexpectedly announced he would not run for reelection, and he was replaced on the ticket by his vice president. The U.S. was involved in a war overseas, and in part as a consequence millions of weary voters had turned against the administration. The Republican candidate said he had a plan for peace. Pollsters agreed that the Democrat was significantly behind. Then, five days before the election, the president announced a major peace initiative.
Critics charge Ta-Nehisi Coates didn’t spend enough time in Palestine to learn the truth. They’re wrong.

Oct 14, 2024 | mondoweiss.net | James North

The pro-Israel media forces are panicking at the stunning success of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s new book, The Message. Coates is rising on the best-seller lists, and appearing on major television and radio programs which until now have been largely closed to pro-Palestinian views. Israel’s defenders are flailing about, looking for ways to discredit him. Let’s examine just one element of their critical onslaught.
CNN’s Dishonest Duo, Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, strike again

Sep 25, 2024 | mondoweiss.net | James North

By now, the latest dishonesty from cable news network CNN’s Biased Duo, Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, has become widely known. The Duo lied about the outspoken Palestinian-American member of Congress from Michigan, Rashida Tlaib, claiming that she had made an “antisemitic” statement about that state’s Attorney General. Millions were exposed to the lie, both on air and as it reverberated across the internet. Here’s what actually happened.
CNN’s Jake Tapper slanders pro-Palestine protesters, but continues to ignore shocking systematic bias at his own network

Sep 7, 2024 | mondoweiss.net | James North

Jake Tapper, the prominent CNN journalist, lied yesterday on X.
From reading the NY Times you would think Gaza’s polio outbreak was just a natural disaster

Sep 3, 2024 | mondoweiss.net | James North

Unfortunately, the New York Times is easily the most important U.S. media outlet covering Israel/Palestine, and its influence continues to grow. Regional American newspapers stagnate or shrink, and they have long since closed their reporting bureaus in the Mideast. U.S. cable news timidly continues to follow the Times’s lead, with the honorable exceptions of journalists like Ayman Mohyeldin and Ali Velshi at MSNBC. So it’s time for another up-to-date dissection of ongoing Times bias.

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Articles

In the ‘NYTimes,’ Israeli captives are ‘hostages.’ But Palestinians are ‘prisoners.’ The biased coverage continues

The NY Times double-standard: Israelis are humanized while Palestinians, like Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, are ignored

’60 Minutes’ program on Lebanon pager attack was nothing more than Israeli propaganda

U.S. mainstream media downplays Amnesty International’s finding that Israel is committing genocide

‘NYTimes’ biased coverage of Amsterdam soccer violence attempts to hide Israeli racism

In 1968, a Democratic president proposed de-escalating an unpopular war to help his party. Biden needs to act now.

Critics charge Ta-Nehisi Coates didn’t spend enough time in Palestine to learn the truth. They’re wrong.

CNN’s Dishonest Duo, Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, strike again

CNN’s Jake Tapper slanders pro-Palestine protesters, but continues to ignore shocking systematic bias at his own network

From reading the NY Times you would think Gaza’s polio outbreak was just a natural disaster

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