Difference between revisions of "Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America"
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'''Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA)''' [http://www.camera.org/] is a powerful pro-Israel lobby group that tries to suppress criticism of Israel on US media. It uses its enrmous financial and political clout to force media elements to tow Israel's party line. Founded in 1982, the organization claims to be "a media-monitoring, research and membership organization devoted to promoting accurate and balanced coverage of Israel and the Middle East". According to its website, it "systematically monitors, documents, reviews and archives Middle East coverage" and its staffers "directly contact reporters, editors, producers and publishers concerning distorted or inaccurate coverage, offering factual information to refute errors".[http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=24] | '''Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA)''' [http://www.camera.org/] is a powerful pro-Israel lobby group that tries to suppress criticism of Israel on US media. It uses its enrmous financial and political clout to force media elements to tow Israel's party line. Founded in 1982, the organization claims to be "a media-monitoring, research and membership organization devoted to promoting accurate and balanced coverage of Israel and the Middle East". According to its website, it "systematically monitors, documents, reviews and archives Middle East coverage" and its staffers "directly contact reporters, editors, producers and publishers concerning distorted or inaccurate coverage, offering factual information to refute errors".[http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=24] | ||
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| + | In 2005 CAMERA on Campus played a prominent role in the attack on MEALAC department at Columbia University, and even ran interviews with one of the chief crusaders, Prof. [[Alan Dershowitz]] of Harvard, who had very recently been accused of plagiarising Joan Peter's 1984 hoax, [[From Time Immemorial]]. | ||
Revision as of 02:53, 11 November 2005
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) [1] is a powerful pro-Israel lobby group that tries to suppress criticism of Israel on US media. It uses its enrmous financial and political clout to force media elements to tow Israel's party line. Founded in 1982, the organization claims to be "a media-monitoring, research and membership organization devoted to promoting accurate and balanced coverage of Israel and the Middle East". According to its website, it "systematically monitors, documents, reviews and archives Middle East coverage" and its staffers "directly contact reporters, editors, producers and publishers concerning distorted or inaccurate coverage, offering factual information to refute errors".[2]
CAMERA on Campus
In 2005 CAMERA on Campus played a prominent role in the attack on MEALAC department at Columbia University, and even ran interviews with one of the chief crusaders, Prof. Alan Dershowitz of Harvard, who had very recently been accused of plagiarising Joan Peter's 1984 hoax, From Time Immemorial.
