Blatant Bias
KATSAV LEAVES OCCUPIED JERUSALEMJanuary 31, 2007 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, JAN. 31 (BNA) PRESIDENT MOSHE KATSAV LEFT RESIDENCE OF ISRAELI PRESIDENTS LAST NIGHT AND RETURNED TO HIS HOUSE AND DID NOT INTEND TO RETURN SO LONG AS HIS SUSPENSION REMAINED IN EFFECT.KATSAV ARRIVED AT OCCUPIED JERUSALEM ON MONDAY TO TAKE HIS POSSESSIONS AND MEET WITH THE EMPLOYEES. KATSAV LEFT THE RESIDENCE FOLLOWING ATTORNEY-GENERAL MENAHEM MAZUZ’S STATEMENT THAT IT IS NOT IN KEEPING WITH THE AIM OF THE LAW WHICH IS TO CREATE A TEMPORARY CESSATION IN THE PRESIDENT’S TERM OF OFFICE BECAUSE OF THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AGAINST HIM.
As their website indicates, UPI are a business more than anything else. My suggestion is that we all publicize this blatant example of bias, and write to Michael Marshall, the Editor-in-Chief, at: editorforms@upi.com.
For now.
Update: Michael Marshall responds in the comments:
This is NOT a UPI story. It is a story from the Bahrain News Agency. That is why at the top of the story, after the date, “(BNA)” appears and not “(UPI)”.UPI carries a number of official government news agency wires, particularly from Middle Eastern countries, as a service for clients who want to track what official government media are saying.
Their content has no connection with UPI’s editorial views or journalistic standards regarding accuracy, balance, and lack of bias.
Given that UPI provide this content to clients and partners, I do not think UPI have made this distinction clear enough. It certainly wasn’t clear to me when I read the report.
I have also asked Mr Marshall to confirm whether or not Israel is included in the list of “Middle Eastern countries” from which UPI carries a number of official government news agency wires. Looks like they don’t, which raises the same issues about UPI’s standards regarding accuracy, balance, and lack of bias.
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About the Author: An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.
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