David & Goliath: The explosive inside story of media bias in the Mideast conflict
In the conflict between Israel and its enemies, the news media is a critical battlefield one in which Israel is under constant and relentless attack. For more than a decade, Shraga Simmons has been on the frontline of the media war.David & Goliathis his astonishing, infuriating, illuminating chronicle of the bias, ignorance, deceit, and double standards that are deployed against Israel on a daily basis. If you care about truth and freedom the press, be forewarned: This book will shock you. --Jeff Jacoby, Boston GlobeDavid & Goliathcaptures the myriad incidents of media bias against Israel in one fascinating volume. David & Goliath is invaluable for anyone wanting the inside story on media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Every person concerned about the future of Israel and the peace process should read this book. --Ed Koch, former Mayor of New York CitySimmons has produced an invaluable book on one of the most serious problems of the 21st century, the almost perverse and pervasively wrong-headed way that our western mainstream news media (MSNM) report the Arab-Israeli conflictâ€¦ Not only are the problems he so thoroughly details critical as a problem of both epistemology and journalistic ethics, but the implications for the well-being of the civic polities which create and depend on a free press are dire... This book should be required reading in Journalism 101. Alas, I'm not holding my breath. --Professor Richard Landes, Boston UniversityDavid & Goliathcaptures the myriad incidents of media bias against Israel in one fascinating volume. David & Goliath is invaluable for anyone wanting the inside story on media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Every person concerned about the future of Israel and the peace process should read this book. --Ed Koch, former Mayor of New York CitySimmons has produced an invaluable book on one of the most serious problems of the 21st century, the almost perverse and pervasively wrong-headed way that our western mainstream news media (MSNM) report the Arab-Israeli conflict… Not only are the problems he so thoroughly details critical as a problem of both epistemology and journalistic ethics, but the implications for the well-being of the civic polities which create and depend on a free press are dire... This book should be required reading in Journalism 101. Alas, I'm not holding my breath. --Professor Richard Landes, Boston University--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.