Les Jones

News > Dishonest Reporting Awards 2003

Honestreporting.com, a pro-Israeli group, gave Reuter's an award for most biased reporting in the Middle East conflict:

In violent acts by Israelis, "Israel" was named in 100% of the headlines, and the verb was in the active voice in 100% of the headlines, i.e.:

  "Israeli Troops Shoot Dead Palestinian in W. Bank" (July 3)

But in violent acts by Palestinians, the Palestinian perpetrator was named in just 33% of the headlines, and the verb was generally in the passive voice, i.e.:

  "Bus Blows Up in Central Jerusalem" (June 11)