West Bank and Gaza: Fairy Tales and the Media
"The failure by editors of supposedly impartial and respected newspapers to correct inaccuracies in media articles regarding the West Bank and Gaza prior to their publication, gives continuing credence to total Arab denial of any Jewish rights in those areas - and also seriously misleads and misinforms their trusting readers as to the nature of the conflict that is taking place.
Letters written to the editors requesting corrections are usually consigned to the waste paper basket and even if printed, are too late to undo the damage - allowing gross distortion of facts to be perpetuated and in many cases repeated by the same and other journalists.
A classic case in point is the article - 'War over, but the fight goes on' - written by Ed O'Loughlin, which appeared in two of Australia's most respected newspapers - the Sydney Morning Herald and the Brisbane Times - on 2 June 2007 to mark the 40 th Anniversary of the Six Day War in 1967. "
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