What Is NBC News Doing To Its Staff In Israel?

A little under a day ago veteran Arab Israeli journalist Khaled Abu Toameh shared a brief and somewhat cryptic message with his friends on Facebook and twitter:

This morning he’s followed it up with a longer message on Facebook shared only with friends, with permission I’m quoting him here:

There’s a serious problem when a major US network tells its employees they won’t get compensation for decades of work unless they promise not to say or write anything about their former working place.

In other words, they are saying: You must not reveal any of our secrets or tell the world about double standards and hypocrisy of the foreign media.

Not only is this unethical and filthy, but it’s also a form of blackmail. I wonder if NBC NEWS would treat its employees in the US in the same way. And what is NBC NEWS afraid of?

Clearly NBC News has sent some communication out to all of it’s staff in Israel and perhaps the wider region with a change to the terms of their employment.

What are they afraid of? Is this somehow linked to the kinds of revelations of inherent bias that Matti Friedman exposed in the workings of the Associated Press (AP) in Jerusalem that we’ve covered in depth at Israellycool (some links below)?

I’m going to be keeping a very close eye on this, I think there is a growing number of insiders who know the system of producing news about Israel for the outside world is fundamentally broken. NBC News might be trying to stick their finger in a collapsing dyke while water starts to pour over the top.

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7 thoughts on “What Is NBC News Doing To Its Staff In Israel?”

  1. One has to understand that the GE/NBC Universal/Comcast conglomerate has received many tax breaks and ObamaCare waivers as well as the corporate leaders hold and are pushing Progressive (Marxist) ideology. In return for government largess and their own beliefs, they will support the administration’s blatant destabilization of the Middle East and their support for certain Islamic groups like the Muslim Brotherhood. One must not forget that the Obama administration has CAIR approved advisers in all USA government agencies under the direction of Valerie Jarrett. The same CAIR which was an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land trials for funding the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, and Hezbollah.

  2. Keep plugging away at media dishonesty. Expose the money trail that feeds the lies. You’re doing good – telling it true. Well done!

  3. Good work as always Brian. And kudos to Khaled for pitching it out there.

    A big question… Is this LEGAL? Is it ENFORCEABLE? And how much would the bad press of such enforcement COST?

    Someone ought to do some legal footwork, and someone should do some number crunching. Let’s find out what we’re really talking about.

  4. NBC is a subsidiary of Comcast the CEO is Brian Roberts who was in the Maccabiah for over 50yr old or maybe over 60yr old in racquetball.He was talking up how pro Israel he is.He’s as pro Israel as Hamas

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