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Article: Both sides call Mideast news coverage unfair. (News).(Brief Article)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- May 8, 2002
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THE QUESTION was as pointed as it was timely, and at times it proved as elusive as Middle East peace itself: Is balanced reporting from the Middle East possible? A recent seminar in New York City examined that question from a host of positions--those of journalists, media critics, Israelis, Palestinians--and there was no easy agreement or even affirmation that it is possible.
Journalists defended their craft but acknowledged imperfections; critics cited bias; even common terms proved elusive--an "occupied" territory to a Palestinian is "disputed" land to an Israeli. European coverage of the Middle East was praised by some as being "more fair" than U.S. coverage, ...