New York Times, Part of the Anti-Semitism Problem

Cal Thomas
May 4th, 2019 2:30 PM
It took a few days, but The New York Times finally got around to apologizing for publishing in its international edition a grossly anti-Semitic cartoon depicting a blind President Trump wearing a yarmulke and being led by a dog resembling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The dog wore a Star of David around its neck. At first The Times blamed a single editor and poor oversight, but…
 
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MSNBC Presses Israeli Ambassador to Blame Trump for Synagogue Attack

Brad Wilmouth
October 29th, 2018 6:33 AM
On Sunday's MSNBC Live, during a discussion of the Pittsburgh synagogue attack, host Ayman Mohyeldin repeatedly tried to get Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer to criticize President Donald Trump for allegedly using "dog whistles" that might have encouraged more anti-Semitism. Dermer praised Trump, pointed out that anti-Semitism exists on both the far left and far right, and called out the…
 
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Andrea Mitchell: Israel ‘Inciting Violence’ by Shooting Terrorists

Kyle Drennen
October 16th, 2015 3:32 PM
In a contentious interview with Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer on Friday, MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell fretted over Israeli police killing knife-wielding Palestinian terrorists: “What about the possibility of excessive force?” Dermer responded: “Andrea, if someone was coming at you with a knife, would you want the police officer to take out a knife and to try to stop him or would you want that…
 
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MSNBC: Can Israel Find ‘Middle Ground’ With Knife-Wielding Terrorists?

Kyle Drennen
October 15th, 2015 3:32 PM

On Thursday, while interviewing Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer on MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports about the wave of Palestinian terrorist attacks plaguing Jerusalem, fill-in host Peter Alexander cited Obama administration fears of Israeli police being too hard on the knife-wielding killers: “State Department spokesperson John Kirby said that the U.S. was, in his words, ‘concerned about reports…

 

NBC's Guthrie to Israeli Ambassador: Is Israel 'Minting the Next Gener

Kyle Drennen
July 31st, 2014 11:00 AM
In an interview with Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer on Thursday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie noted how "anti-Israel protests around the world" "have taken a disturbing turn and become anti-Semitic in nature," but proceeded to blame Israel for the prejudice: "Do you ask yourselves, 'Okay, we may be winning militarily but are we losing the larger battle, the PR war?' And perhaps, as one…
 

Israeli Ambassador Dermer Slams CNN's Bias-by-Omission During Live 'Er

Ken Shepherd
July 24th, 2014 10:05 PM
Israeli ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer wasted no time on this evening's Erin Burnett OutFront to hit CNN for bias by omission in its reporting on Palestinian casualties at a United Nations hospital in the Gaza Strip. "I think it would be a disservice to your viewers for a [CNN] reporter from Gaza not to mention that in the last week we had two different UNRWA [United Nations…
 

Andrea Mitchell Asks 'Why Shouldn't' Iran 'Develop A Nuclear Program

Laura Flint
July 15th, 2014 5:00 PM
For an example of how MSNBC is leaning forward into biased coverage of the latest troubles Israel is having with the terrorist group Hamas, one need look no further than the July 15 edition of Andrea Mitchell Reports. After hearing from NBC foreign correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin about how the Egyptian cease-fire was rejected by Hamas because it “failed to address the comprehensive issues that…