Amira Hass Spouts Vitriol on the CBC
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Ha'aretz reporter Amira Hass, best known for her extreme hostility toward Israel, was provided a platform on CBC's The Sunday Edition with Michael Enright to spout her vitriol against the Jewish state.

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Haaretz: Amira Hass' Ideological Agenda Trumps Journalistic Integrity
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Haaretz's Amira Hass provides a lesson in tendentious journalism as she distorts the facts in an article about the demolition of Palestinian homes. The skewed account has already triggered antisemitic responses throughout the internet.

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Amira Hass, the Samouni Family, and the Pursuit of Truth
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Ha'aretz's Amira Hass yesterday was honored with a prestigious award for her pursuit of the truth. But her extensive coverage of the Samouni family deaths demonstrates a practice of reporting interviewees' contradictory and discredited claims at face value.

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Ha'aretz Senseless on Gaza
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Ha'aretz again launches a campaign of erroneous accusations about Israel, this time concerning restrictions on goods entering the Gaza Strip. Among this week's falsehoods: Israel prohibits the entry of diapers and toilet paper and has just one crossing to transfer goods.

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Pulse on Gaza's Medical Situation
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CAMERA examines claims and counter-claims in the media about the condition of Gaza's medical system, and takes Ha'aretz's Amira Hass to task for her one-sided reporting.

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Hass, Back From Leave, Still Out to Lunch
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Ha'aretz's Amira Hass is back after her leave of absence, but she's still apparently out to lunch when it comes to conducting an interview with UNRWA's John Ging according to journalistic guidelines.

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CAMERA Translates Letter from Israeli Author Slamming Ha'aretz
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CAMERA translates an April 2002 letter from Israeli author Irit Linor slamming Ha'aretz for its vicious journalism and anti-Zionism. In April 2008, her criticism remains as valid as ever.

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False Claim by Abbas Goes Unchallenged
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Before the latest cease-fire, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas was quoted without challenge saying that since the summer,thousands of [Gazan] homes have been destroyed. But is this true?

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Ha'aretz's Hass Scolds Hamas' Haniyeh
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In an interview last week with Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas' parliamentary slate, Ha'aretz's Amira Hass scolded the Hamas leader for his upbeat assessment regarding the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. The exchange follows:

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Ha'aretz Indifferent to Journalistic Norms
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Nov. 28 update follows. In contrast to international and American media outlets, Ha'aretz apparently considers itself above criticism. Ha'aretz editors seem unaccustomed to responding to readers in a straightforward process and appear to believe readers have no right to fault them for shoddy, inaccurate coverage.

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Questions About Hass's Accuracy Overlooked
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In her March 15 feature on Israeli journalist Amira Hass, Marjorie Miller does a good job defining the controversy surrounding Hass's point of view and ideology ("Voice for Israel's Enemy"). However, Miller unfortunately neglects to mention lingering questions about Hass's accuracy.

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Ha'aretz Fuels Anti-Israel Bias
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In a familiar syndrome, many otherwise impartial American journalists newly posted in Israel slip quickly in their reporting into unmistakably hostile views of the country. Why? One factor is their sources in the Israeli media.

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