Israel, How would you grade the Media?
August 26, 2010 by
Filed under Arab
i would rate Al-Jazeera or Arab Media 6 or 7/10 since they are not biased but EXTREMELY Biased towards Palestinians.
I Know some might consider it as an Advantage, but i think Honesty is important because i also wanna know what is happening to the other party and how the rest of the world is viewing us but sadly many Anti-Arab news are not in Coverage which i think even if its bad but still we should Understand their views.
So Palestinians and Arabs, how would you grade your media and why?
I think every news channel is corrupt in some way.
Thanks to lying news stations, there’s no telling how bad the situation is unless you actually live there.
Al Jazeera Throws Party for Child Killer Samir Kuntar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIkrQGz5ats
Rating: -0
For those who don’t know who Samir Kuntar is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS6NyrexKlk
I always mistrusted Haaretz,but after they published lies about how Israeli soldiers were killing women in Gaza I simply hate them.It´s not because they published lies-journalism can not be 100 free of error-but because,even when it was proved that hey had lied,the guys from Haaretz have not published the apology to the readers for having lied to them.My score of Haaretz is 1 out of 10.
Maariv used to be more unbiased,but today it has changed.So,I shall give some 6 out of 10 to it.
Newspapers in Russian language in Israel are pretty objective.8 out of 10 points.And the same ranking I shall gve to Arutz 7.
I think that the media outlets should be graded individually and on a case by case basis. Sometimes Al-Jazeera gives a fair account and more often not. The same with Fox CNN and every station. In each individual story you can find some stations covering it fairly and others not. I think that trying to get as much different point of views as possible before deciding what you personally believe is the only way to attempt to be educated and informed. You cant trust any one media outlet to tell the truth. They are there to make money and sell sensationalism, not to report and educate people. I mostly watch Al Jazeera and FOX, sometimes CNN but I dont look for real news on TV, I try to get news from humanitarian organizations like Al-Haq and B’Tselem but I also get information at the IDF website which also is a good source.
I pretty much don’t believe anything that I have not experienced personally regarding the reporting of the events in the Middle East by any media entity.
Al-Jazeera, Jerusalem Post, Haaretz, Fox, CNN, et al, are good for a laugh though.
I am no Palsetinian, as you said Al-Jazeera is EXTREMELY Biased towards Palestinians.
Why would anyone want to watch 1/4 truths.
I’m a Brit but if you don’t mind me answering….
I think Al Jazeera is better than the BBC, honestly. I’ve been able to watch Al J a bit now on cable and I was quite impressed when recently they responded to criticisms of ‘bias’ by bringing back an Israeli IDF spokesman who had not been allowed to speak for longer than a few minutes during an earlier appearance on the channel. This time around, he was given a proper interview. I thought that was pretty cool.
And it’s far more than you’d EVER get on the BBC.
I would expect Al Jazeera to have a level of bias in favour of the Palestinians, so I would factor that in to any assessment.
In terms of British newspapers: some are very fair and balanced, some are not.
Fair, and giving both sides:
Telegraph
Times
Daily Express
I rate the media on both sides of the issue with an F…Instead of playing an active role in the solution to the issue(s) and problems in the Middle East they tend to fan flames and rouse the hatred on both sides of the spectrum. There I said it they don’t just report they commentate and as soon as they do that they’ve crossed the line of objectivity and gotten into subjective material and hence fan the flames of hatred.
I only listen to Human Right activists, and aid workers. Unless i am getting some local news. But if i feel something is fishy, then i research on other source. I get different stories from different sources.
I recommend books.
al jazeera is biased toward palestineans,
you see Qatar is a hypocrite gov.,
they have ties with israel quitely but they attack israel in public to gain popularity among muslims