AP Accused of Bias Against Israel

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Jonathan Schanzer, a Middle East expert and vice president for research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), said that reporters often find themselves in over their heads once they enter the region.

“The coverage of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has been a circus for as long as I can remember,” said Schanzer. “My sense has been for a long time that a lot of people are dropped into the conflict or arrive without the requisite context. As a result they find themselves completely beholden to fixers and to bought contacts, particularly in the Palestinian arena.”

Due to language barriers and safety issues, reporters become “beholden to others who steer them to certain people and findings,” Schanzer said. “As a result, real stories get hidden and lost and often times, misleading stories get published.”
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