One of the more irritating habits of some journalists is to describe a recent event as “little noticed.” By this they mean that they alone appreciate its significance and can exclusively reveal it to the world. Frequently, however, the event has in fact been reported elsewhere but these reports have gone “unnoticed” by the egocentric […]
Last week, the Saudi reformist daily Al-Watan featured an article criticizing Iran's recent threat to block the Strait of Hormuz, describing it as 'suicide’. The threat was reportedly voiced by Muhammad Ali Jaafari, the head of Iran's Republican Guard Corps (RGC), after the US warned Iran to respond in a positive manner to an ultimatum […]
In a delightful series of articles from across the United States, Frankfurter Allgemeine's Washington correspondent Matthias Rub has been taking the pulse of the United States three months before the election. Rub shows that not all reporting from rural America has to be marred by popular stereotypes and old clichés. Starting from Washington D.C., Rub […]
The past few days have seen a number of press reports, issued by both Arab and Israeli media outlets, commenting on Hezbollah's military buildup and Israel's corresponding concern. While the replenishment and expansion of Hezbollah's artillery rocket arsenal has repeatedly been cited since the end of the 2006 conflict, perhaps the most important recent development […]
Transatlantic media coverage immediately after of the collapse of the World Trade Organization's Doha Round of trade talks in Geneva July 29 provided a wide range of different perspectives on the same story. Commentators blamed the failure variously on the United States, India, or China, or a combination of some or all of them, with […]
The Hamas-affiliated Palestinian Information Center (PIC) today featured a report and photos detailing weapons allegedly confiscated by Hamas-allied police in Gaza. The weapons, displayed during a press conference, were allegedly confiscated by police as part of security measures initiated last weekend. According to the PIC report, a police explosives expert stated that some of the […]
During Barack Obama's visit to Europe, several European media outlets took issue with the coverage of his trip by the U.S. media. But while American pundits were debating whether the U.S. media were too biased in favor of Obama, a number of European journalists found their American counterparts excessively cool toward him. "Obamania? Not in […]
Marco Vicenzio, Director of the Global Strategy Project in Washington, DC and Fellow of the Foreign Policy Association recently published an article titled "Diplomacy in word and deed' in the July 28 edition of the Boston Globe. He points out that the major objective of Obama's trip to Europe was to emphasize his ability to […]
While much of the European media is consumed with insatiable "Obamamania,' Christoph von Marschall, bureau chief of Berlin's daily Der Tagesspiegel, describes how the foreign media has been almost completely denied access to the candidate. He writes: "As a German correspondent in Washington, I am accustomed to the fact that American politicians spare little of […]
Al-Jazeera's website featured some video coverage of Hamas's security crackdown that followed a deadly car bombing in the Gaza Strip this past weekend. It can be viewed here: (link) Subsequently, this has been met with raids by Fatah-allied Palestinian police against Hamas elements in the West Bank. While Hamas-allied police forces in Gaza state that […]
A surly New York waiter seeks to promote his forthcoming book, “Waiter Rant,” by accusing the British of failing to leave proper tips in a blog run by the British daily, the Guardian. John Murray fingers a retired couple from Leeds in Yorkshire, whom he describes as “wonderful people” and “polite and well mannered.” He […]
A commentary in the left-of-center British daily, the Guardian, July 21 struck a salutary note of caution amid all the frenzy surrounding Barack Obama's tour of Europe. It warned that, while transatlantic relations are likely to improve under the next U.S. administration, Washington's demands on Europe will almost certainly increase -regardless of whether Obama or […]
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