Posted on Sat, March 28, 2015 at 14:31 pm CET
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A review of June to December 2014 coverage of the Israeli-Arab conflict on Irish television – Part One: Introduction, summary and conclusion

Irish media and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict… Read more

Topics: Ireland • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Media Bias • Rob Harris 
Posted on Sat, January 24, 2015 at 19:54 pm CET
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ISIS’s Propaganda Machine

ISIS has an effective propaganda machine and regards the battle for hearts and minds as particularly important… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Global Jihad • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iraq • Islamic State • Islamic Terrorism • Syria • The Media 
Posted on Mon, January 20, 2014 at 20:28 pm CET
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RTÉ’s Error-Laden Coverage of Ariel Sharon’s Death

RTÉ’s coverage of Ariel Sharon’s death… Continue reading

Topics: Ireland • Israel • Media Bias • Rob Harris 
Posted on Thu, August 15, 2013 at 23:07 pm CEST
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How Western Intellectual Values Have Gone Haywire

Is this really the best we can do in 2013?… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Obamaism • United States of America 
Posted on Thu, February 28, 2013 at 22:00 pm CET
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Norwegian Government Finds Arab-Palestinian Anti-Semitism Acceptable

Incitement by the Palestinian Authority against Jewish people and the Jewish State is a reality, but acceptable as part of an ongoing political battle… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Semitism • Jew-Hatred • Norway • Palestinian Authority • Rob Harris • The Media 
Posted on Sun, January 6, 2013 at 15:10 pm CET
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Al Gore Sells Out (to an Islamist Television Network)

What would you call it if a former vice-president of the United States had sold his television network to an Islamist television network at a time when such forces threatened America?… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • Qatar • The Media • United States of America 
Posted on Wed, January 2, 2013 at 23:54 pm CET
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The State of the Internet Revolution in International Affairs: Less Progress Than You’d Think

How international affairs writing has been changed… Continue reading

Topics: Miscellaneous 
Posted on Wed, November 21, 2012 at 16:27 pm CET
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Operation Pillar of Defense not Politically Motivated: Why Israel and Hamas Are Fighting Again

From day one, Operation Pillar of Defense has been casually portrayed by the Western media as politically motivated due to the upcoming Israeli elections in January 2013. Barry Rubin explains why this claim isn’t an accurate analysis of the current situation… Continue reading

Topics: Barry Rubin • Hamas • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Operation Amud Anan • Palestinian Terrorism • Security and Defense 
Posted on Sat, November 17, 2012 at 20:32 pm CET
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Here’s How – As With This Israel-Hamas War – Western Elites Are Baffled by the Middle East

The elite currently in power in the Western mass media is never going to comprehend the Middle East… Continue reading

Topics: Hamas • Israel • The Media • The Middle East 
Posted on Fri, November 16, 2012 at 17:02 pm CET
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Operatie Amud Anan: @alqassambrigade

De rol van de social media nader belicht tijdens het recente conflict tussen Hamas en Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Crethi Plethi • Hamas • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Nederlands 
Posted on Fri, October 12, 2012 at 19:58 pm CEST
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The Vice-Presidential Debate: Fact-Checking the Fact-Checkers on Foreign Policy Issues

While most of the vice-presidential debate was on domestic issues, there was some discussion about Iran that provoked controversy… Continue reading

Topics: The Media • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Tue, August 21, 2012 at 20:43 pm CEST
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Getting Priorities Wrong in Egypt and Syria: Three Media Case Studies

Focus is everything — knowing what the central problem is, and dealing with it… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Syrian Revolution • The Media 
Posted on Sun, August 12, 2012 at 11:05 am CEST
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Egypt: There Goes the Army; There Goes the Free Media; There Goes Egypt

So can you write “Arab Spring,” free elections, democracy in Egypt, and such things 100 times?… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • The Media 
Posted on Tue, August 7, 2012 at 22:22 pm CEST
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Jordan’s Prime Minister Reads ‘Rubin Reports’ – And Doesn’t Like It

During a recent dinner in Amman, Prime Minister Fayez Tarawneh of Jordan talked about me at some length, citing my PJ Media article on Israel being in a good strategic situation. Apart from the name-calling, insults, and snorting, he could not refute one point I made… Continue reading

Topics: Culture • Economy • Jordan • Palestinian Authority 
Posted on Mon, July 16, 2012 at 18:11 pm CEST
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Why the Mass Media’s Best Effort to Understand Obama’s Failure to Make Israel-Palestinian Peace Fails

And this can be largely explained by a curious but constant missing ingredient in mass media coverage… Continue reading

Topics: Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Obamaism • Peace Process • The Media • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, July 7, 2012 at 21:27 pm CEST
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Tunisia: Goodbye Democracy? Islamists Start to Take Over Media

The much-touted, Islamist-led coalition government in Tunisia is showing how little has changed… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Islamism • The Media • Tunisia 
Posted on Sat, July 7, 2012 at 21:00 pm CEST
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“And What Do You Want to Say to the Iraqi People?”

I’ve been interviewed a number of times, for example, by Iraqi journalists. But this time there was a different kind of question at the end of the interview… Continue reading

Topics: Iraq • Iraqi Kurdistan • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • The Media • The Middle East 
Posted on Wed, June 20, 2012 at 20:28 pm CEST
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Egyptian Election: Islamist Victory or Deceptive Strategy?

Has anyone stopped to ask where the headlines “Muslim Brotherhood Wins Egypt’s Presidential Election!” originate?… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Politics • The Media 
Posted on Sun, June 10, 2012 at 23:39 pm CEST
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Why Do So Many American Jews Support Obama?

In the 2008 election, a remarkable 79 percent of American Jewish voters supported Barack Obama to be president of the United States. In 2012 this number is likely to fall by 20 to 25 percent but will remain a large majority. Why is this?… Continue reading

Topics: Barry Rubin • Culture • Jewish Life • Liberalism • Politics • United States of America 
Posted on Fri, April 20, 2012 at 19:29 pm CEST
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How the Media Whitewashes Muslim Persecution of Christians

When it comes to Muslim persecution of Christians, the mainstream media (MSM) has a long paper trail of obfuscating. Of course, the media’s obfuscation serves a purpose… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Christianism • Human Rights • Islamic Terrorism • Jihadism • Nigeria • Political Correctness • Religion • The Media 
Posted on Thu, February 23, 2012 at 23:09 pm CET
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Fake Muslim “Freedom Fighter’s” Latest Crime: Extorting a Prime Minister

The Bangladeshi Bandit strikes again… Continue reading

Topics: Bangladesh • The Media 
Posted on Tue, February 21, 2012 at 21:21 pm CET
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The Two Faces of Al Jazeera

One of the principal beneficiaries of the Arab uprisings has been Al Jazeera television… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Anti-Semitism • Arab Spring • Islamism • Qatar • The Media 
Posted on Fri, February 10, 2012 at 00:07 am CET
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Arab Liberals Lament: Here’s How the Muslim Brotherhood is Fooling the West

Since we can’t get good coverage of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in the Western media, it’s necessary to turn to the Islamists’ intended victims — Arab liberals — to get a better picture… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion • The Media 
Posted on Thu, February 9, 2012 at 01:06 am CET
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The World Media Goes Bonkers: An Israel-Attacks-Iran Case Study

For the second time in a few months we have seen a crazy global Israel-About-to-Attack-Iran Story… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Israel • Security and Defense • The Media 
Posted on Mon, January 30, 2012 at 15:03 pm CET
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Prison for Journalists: Wave of Journalists’ Arrests in Iran

Iranian reformist opposition and human rights sources have reported a wave of arrests of journalists and social media activists… Continue reading

Topics: Human Rights • Iran • The Media