http://blogs.jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/conflict-of-interest/ Should the N.Y. Times’ Jerusalem correspondent be reassigned because his son is in the IDF? en-us uheilman@jta.org Copyright 2010 2010-02-08T;20:29:00-05:00 MichaelLevin11@mac.com Also see: “Abunimah: Jews can report on Palestinians, but the other way ’round?” Ali Abunimah, Mondoweiss, 2/8/10 [Excerpt] “But here’s the issue that sticks. Is the NYT really defending some sort of universal principle? Can anyone seriously imagine that if it had been revealed that Bronner’s son had joined the Izzedin al-Qassam Brigades (the military wing of Hamas), we would be hearing these sorts of defenses? Of course one reason is it’s so hard to imagine is because the New York Times has never had a Palestinian, Palestinian-American or Arab-American reporter of stature report on the conflict. Yes, recently they have had Taghreed El-Khodary in Gaza — who some like (Weiss for instance), but others (such as As’ad AbuKhalil) have strongly criticized. But here is a crucial point: El-Khodary is allowed to report only on Palestinians. Neither she nor any other Arab reporter is allowed to report on Israeli Jews. While Jews/Americans may report on Palestinians, the converse is not true. Why is this? It must be — I assume — because there is an inherent, perhaps unacknowledged assumption that an Arab/Palestinian is or will be automatically biased against Israelis/Jews. Whereas, we are supposed to accept that in no case is a Jewish reporter who identifies with Israel biased even when his son has joined an occupation army that is raiding Palestinian refugee camps and communities dozens of times per week. Seriously? To what can we attribute this double-standard? I am afraid it smacks of racism.” http://mondoweiss.net/2010/02/abunimah-jews-can-report-on-palestinians-but-the-other-way-round.html Also see: “Abunimah: Jews can report on Palestinians, but the other way ’round?”
Ali Abunimah, Mondoweiss, 2/8/10 [Excerpt] “But here’s the issue that sticks. Is the NYT really defending some sort of universal principle? Can anyone seriously imagine that if it had been revealed that Bronner’s son had joined the Izzedin al-Qassam Brigades (the military wing of Hamas), we would be hearing these sorts of defenses? Of course one reason is it’s so hard to imagine is because the New York Times has never had a Palestinian, Palestinian-American or Arab-American reporter of stature report on the conflict.
Yes, recently they have had Taghreed El-Khodary in Gaza — who some like (Weiss for instance), but others (such as As’ad AbuKhalil) have strongly criticized.
But here is a crucial point: El-Khodary is allowed to report only on
Palestinians. Neither she nor any other Arab reporter is allowed to report on
Israeli Jews. While Jews/Americans may report on Palestinians, the converse is
not true. Why is this? It must be — I assume — because there is an inherent,
perhaps unacknowledged assumption that an Arab/Palestinian is or will be
automatically biased against Israelis/Jews. Whereas, we are supposed to accept
that in no case is a Jewish reporter who identifies with Israel biased even when
his son has joined an occupation army that is raiding Palestinian refugee camps
and communities dozens of times per week. Seriously?
To what can we attribute this double-standard? I am afraid it smacks of racism.”
http://mondoweiss.net/2010/02/abunimah-jews-can-report-on-palestinians-but-the-o\ther-way-round.html

]]> 2012-05-24T;14:04:00-05:00 AALEVY18@YAHOO.COM It seem to me that The NYT has some Jewish Ownership themselves in their paper. Maybe they should disqualify themseves from reporting about Israel. So ridiculous!!! It seem to me that The NYT has some Jewish Ownership themselves in their paper. Maybe they should disqualify themseves from reporting about Israel. So ridiculous!!!

]]> 2012-05-24T;14:04:00-05:00 Moishgil@gmail.com So then we can assume that family associations, history and affiliations of every NY Times Reporter are carefully scrutinized to make sure there are no possible emotional ties to the stories they are covering?  If you believe that then you believe that Clark Hoyt doesn’t apply any double standards when it comes to Jews and Israel. So then we can assume that family associations, history and affiliations of every NY Times Reporter are carefully scrutinized to make sure there are no possible emotional ties to the stories they are covering?  If you believe that then you believe that Clark Hoyt doesn’t apply any double standards when it comes to Jews and Israel.

]]> 2012-05-24T;14:04:00-05:00 hdu.smith@qx.net In Israel it is normal for citizens to join the armed forces for a time. The demand that the Israeli correspondents should not have close relatives in the IDF means that the Times would be inaugurating a policy forbidding Israeli citizens from being correspondents. In that case, they should also forbid citizens from other countries to serve as correspondents from those countries. We should immediately see the idiocy of that denand. In Israel it is normal for citizens to join the armed forces for a time. The demand that the Israeli correspondents should not have close relatives in the IDF means that the Times would be inaugurating a policy forbidding Israeli citizens from being correspondents. In that case, they should also forbid citizens from other countries to serve as correspondents from those countries.
We should immediately see the idiocy of that denand.

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