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Guardian Correspondent Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem: A Six-Month Overview

(CIF Watch) Sherwood has published 138 articles since her arrival in Israel. One article presented Israel in a balanced, realistic and objective manner. 79 articles presented Israel in a non-balanced, pejorative and subjective manner. 36 articles presented both sides of a story. 11 articles took a positive slant, exclusively about Palestinian-related subjects. Sherwood's reports on Palestinian life are either sympathetic reports of Palestinian suffering with little or no context, or "lifestyle" pieces. Israeli Jews are either "settlers," "ultra-Orthodox hard-liners" or members of the military - usually those who have been involved in investigations of their conduct during service. Israeli Jews portrayed in a sympathetic light are almost exclusively those who engage in anti-Israel activity such as supporters of boycotts. The Israeli point of view is usually prefixed by "Israel claimed," implying that statements made by Israeli sources may lack credibility. A term very frequently used by Sherwood when describing Israeli activity is "illegal under international law," while on no occasion has she backed up this claim with legal evidence. CiF Watch is dedicated to monitoring and exposing anti-Semitism on the Guardian newspaper's "Comment is Free" blog.
2010-12-01 08:07:03
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