- HonestReporting
HonestReporting (also Honest Reporting or honestreporting.com) is a watchdog organisation that monitors the media for bias against Israel. The organisation has affiliates in the United States, UK, Canada, Italy, and Brazil.
History
HonestReporting was founded by a group of students in England in 2000 with the assistance of
Aish HaTorah . [ [http://www.aish.com/aishint/wwProgram.asp List of Aisha Branches] . Aish International.]Rabbi Ephraim Shore joined HonestReporting soon afterwards.Fact|date=September 2008 In late 2001, Shore organized an independent USA board of directors and established HonestReporting as a registered non-profit 501(c)3 organization.Fact|date=September 2008
Activities
Film production
Honest Reporting, in addition to media watch activities, produced a documentary discussing the
Arab-Israeli conflict in association withThe Clarion Fund (which is headed by Ephraim Shore's twin brotherRaphael Shore [http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43983] .) This film was entitled '. . Recently, the same team produced a film titled '. Honest Reporting's subsequent videos include "What Really Happened?", which deals with the al-Durrah affair.On-line activism
Honest Reporting offers downloads of the
Internet Megaphone . "You’ll be the first to know – and respond, to Media Bias, and Israel Activism issues as they occur – powered byCollactive ." [ [http://www.honestreporting.com/24HR/index.asp The New 24HR Megaphone Download Page] You’ll be the first to know – and respond, to Media Bias, and Israel Activism issues as they occur.]ee also
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Honest Reporting Canada
*Arab Media Watch
*Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America
*Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
*MediaLens
*Media Matters for America
*Media Watch International
*Media bias
*Media coverage of the Arab-Israeli conflict References
External links
* [http://www.honestreporting.com/ Honest Reporting official website]
* Honest Reporting's weblog: [http://www.mediabackspin.com/ Media Backspin]
* [http://www.honestreporting.co.uk/ Honest Reporting-UK] : the official UK affiliate
* [http://www.honestreporting.ca/scripts/index_.asp/ Honest Reporting-Canada] : the official Canadian affiliate
* [http://www.honestreporting.org HonestReporting.org] , which reports critically on HonestReporting
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