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This video brings examples from NBC Nightly News, Vogue magazine, and ABC News – as cited in my book, David & Goliath.
Be prepared for shock and outrage.
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Published:
February 16, 2012
Rabbi Shraga Simmons spent his childhood trekking through snow in Buffalo, New York. He holds a degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin, and rabbinic ordination from the Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem. He is the senior editor of Aish.com and the director of JewishPathways.com.
An expert on media bias, he was the founding editor of HonestReporting.com, and is the author of David & Goliath: The Explosive Inside Story of Media Bias in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2012). With drama and a biting edge, David & Goliath is a definitive treatment, fully resourced with over 2,000 footnotes. Readers are privy to secret negotiations with CNN executives, and how a grassroots campaign was cited by the New York Times as effecting sweeping changes in Mideast media coverage.
David & Goliath has been praised by politicians, professors and journalists: Former New York Mayor Ed Koch hails it as "Invaluable for anyone wanting the inside story," and James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal calls David & Goliath "of crucial importance for the future of the Middle East."
Rabbi Simmons lives with his wife and children in the Modi'in region of Israel.
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(4) Ann Brady, February 19, 2012 10:36 PM
Vogue is Obscene
Easy breezy cover-up girl. And what? - he plays video games? Then there's Canada's PM playing with the pandas. North American media has sunk to new lows.
(3) Anonymous, February 19, 2012 7:42 PM
her response
Your point was not well-proved with the wife. You edited out her comments. Have no idea what she said to Anne Curry.
(2) menpar, February 19, 2012 2:35 PM
all the same
please let him be you know what you have not what will come after
(1) Miriam, February 18, 2012 6:15 PM
when?
When were these (ridiculous) stories aired/published?
Shraga Simmons, February 18, 2012 11:06 PM
dates of publication
The Vogue feature was 2011, and the two TV spots were 2007. Although the popular revolt began in 2011, Assad (and his father before him) has held the country in a vise grip since 1970.