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Bowing to the Muslims. Defecating on the Jews. 30 Apr 2012 | 04:53 am
As a company, Reuters is deeply hostile to Jewish nationalism and Jewish claims to Jerusalem. The agency hires, trains and retains reporters, writers, editors, and managing editors who uphold an agen...
Israeli authorization of Jewish settlements gives lie to Reuters previous reporting 27 Apr 2012 | 12:47 am
The Israeli government announced this week that it was going to formally authorize three Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria (the "West Bank"). Here's how Reuters reports on the development: Pea...
Pravda, anyone? 26 Apr 2012 | 01:12 am
In an interview with the Haaretz newspaper published yesterday, Israeli Lieutenant-General Benny Gantz was asked his view of the Iranian nuclear weapons program. Here are some key excerpts: "If Iran...
Whack-A-Mole 25 Apr 2012 | 01:03 am
With nearly 3,000 staffers worldwide, there are always those at Reuters who appear not to get the memo that the company has been caught out publishing false and fabricated information, employing overt...
Iranian cleric insists on uranium enrichment, end to sanctions; Reuters trumpets breakthrough 21 Apr 2012 | 11:56 pm
Only a media company shilling for Iran could suggest the following reflects the regime is "softening its stance" in negotiations over its nuclear weapons program: Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, secretary o...
AP journalists prevented from entering Bahrain to cover Grand Prix; Thomson Reuters sponsoring team 21 Apr 2012 | 12:50 am
Two writers for the Associated Press (AP) are being prevented by the Bahraini government from entering the country to cover the Grand Prix scheduled for Sunday: The two writers, based in Dubai, were ...
Reuters obfuscating international law (again) 19 Apr 2012 | 01:53 am
Reuters correspondent Noah Browning tells us: The [Jewish] settlements are considered illegal by the International Court of Justice [ICJ], the highest U.N. legal body for disputes. What Browning doe...
Journo-bloat 17 Apr 2012 | 04:05 am
Our post just below reminded us of the extraordinarily superfluous staffing seen in Reuters Jerusalem Bureau and the ravenous appetite of those staffers for any morsel of news. Thomson Reuters employ...
Reuters runs six "updated" stories on pro-Palestinian activists flying into Israel 16 Apr 2012 | 03:33 pm
In what was obviously a slow news day for the 70+ journalibelers Reuters stations in its Jerusalem Bureau, correspondent Maayan Lubell and Editor in Charge Jeffrey Heller run no fewer than six essenti...
Bias? What bias? 16 Apr 2012 | 03:04 pm
We don't usually focus on Reuters bias in areas outside of the agency's Middle East reporting. But we happened across the Reuters home webpage this evening and found the following lineup of stories u...
