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'''HonestReporting''' or '''Honest Reporting''' is an Israeli media advocacy group.<ref name="Reuters-11-23"/> A pro-Israel media watchdog,<ref name="Haaretz-IS">{{cite news |last1=Sokol |first1=Sam |title=News Agencies Dispute Israeli Allegations of Complicity in Hamas Massacre |url=https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/2023-11-09/ty-article/news-agencies-dispute-israeli-allegations-of-complicity-in-hamas-massacre/0000018b-b406-dea2-a9bf-f49e606b0000 |access-date=5 May 2024 |agency=[[Haaretz]] |date=Nov 9, 2023 |archive-date=November 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109172409/http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/2023-11-09/ty-article/news-agencies-dispute-israeli-allegations-of-complicity-in-hamas-massacre/0000018b-b406-dea2-a9bf-f49e606b0000 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |year=2024 |title=Gil Hoffman |url=https://www.jpost.com/author/gil-hoffman |access-date=January 5, 2024 |website=[[The Jerusalem Post]]}}</ref> it describes its mission as "combat[ting] ideological prejudice in journalism and the media, as it impacts Israel".<ref name="Reuters-11-23">{{cite news |last1=Balmer |first1=Crispian |title=HonestReporting accepts news groups had no prior warning of Oct. 7 Hamas attack |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-advocacy-group-accepts-news-outlets-had-no-prior-warning-hamas-attack-2023-11-10/ |access-date=3 May 2024 |work=[[Reuters]] |date=11 November 2023 |archive-date=November 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113084337/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-advocacy-group-accepts-news-outlets-had-no-prior-warning-hamas-attack-2023-11-10/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

'''HonestReporting''' ('''HR'''; also '''Honest Reporting''' or '''honestreporting.com''') is a [[non-governmental organization]] that which describes its mission as "to ensure truth, integrity and fairness, and to combat ideological prejudice in journalism and the media, as it impacts Israel"<ref>{{Cite web |last=HonestReporting |year=2023 |title=About |url=https://honestreporting.com/about/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102135744/https://honestreporting.com/about/ |archive-date=January 2, 2024 |access-date=January 5, 2024 |website=HonestReporting}}</ref> and has been described by several news outlets as a "pro-Israel media watchdog".<ref>{{Cite web |year=2024 |title=Gil Hoffman |url=https://www.jpost.com/author/gil-hoffman |access-date=January 5, 2024 |website=[[The Jerusalem Post]]}}</ref> The organization is a United States 501(c)3 registered charity headquartered in New York City, with its editorial staff based in Jerusalem.

==History==

HonestReporting describes itself "a charitable organisation" with a mission "to combat ideological prejudice in journalism and the media, as it impacts Israel".<ref name="Reuters-11-23"/> It was founded in October 2000 by Shaul Rosenblatt, founder and head of [[Aish Hatorah]]-United Kingdom in response to controversy over the [[Tuvia Grossman photograph]] at the outbreak of the [[Second Intifada]]. The episode is often cited by those who accuse the media of having an anti-Israel bias, and was the impetus for the founding of HonestReporting.~~<ref name=":6" />~~<ref>{{Cite news|date=2000-10-06|title=Carnage for the Cameras|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB970792194386173971|access-date=September 30, 2021|archive-date=September 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930220542/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB970792194386173971|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Koltermann|first=Felix|title=Fotoreporter im Konflikt: Der internationale Fotojournalismus in Israel/Palästina|publisher=transcript Verlag|year=2017|location=Bielefeld|pages=25 n.3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Photo that Started it All|url=https://honestreporting.com/the-photo-that-started-it-all/|access-date=September 30, 2021|website=Honest Reporting|archive-date=October 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003070124/https://honestreporting.com/the-photo-that-started-it-all/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Rosenblum" />

Within six weeks, HonestReporting had an email list of 10,000 volunteers to monitor the media and respond accordingly. Irwin Katsof offered to lead fundraising efforts to hire professional staff.<ref name="Rosenblum">{{cite book |last1=Rosenblum |first1=Yonoson |title=Rav Noach Weinberg: Torah Revolutionary |date=2020-03-02 |publisher=Mosaica Press |isbn=978-1946351876 |pages=495–497 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x1hcEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22honestreporting%22&pg=PA495 |access-date=30 November 2023 |archive-date=October 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241006051736/https://books.google.com/books?id=x1hcEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22honestreporting%22&pg=PA495#v=onepage&q=%22honestreporting%22&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> By 2003 the list had 150,000 subscribers and began raising funds for it to become an independent organization.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

~~The~~As of 2022, the Chief Executive Officer of HonestReporting iswas Jacki Alexander.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/10/19/journalism-award-stripped-from-palestinian-journalist-over-antisemitic-facebook-posts/ |title=Journalism Award Stripped from Palestinian Journalist Over Antisemitic Facebook Posts |first=Dion J. |last=Pierre |date=October 19, 2022 |newspaper=[[The Algemeiner]] |language=en-US |access-date=2023-01-10 |archive-date=January 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110110211/https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/10/19/journalism-award-stripped-from-palestinian-journalist-over-antisemitic-facebook-posts/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She previously worked at the [[American Israel Public Affairs Committee]] in Florida and has a master's degree in the History of International Relations from the London School of Economics and BA in History and Religious Studies.{{cn|date=May ~~The~~2024}} [[Gil Hoffman]] was appointed as the Executive Director of HonestReporting isin 2022. He previously served as the chief political correspondent and analyst for the ''[[~~Gil~~Jerusalem ~~Hoffman~~Post]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://religionnews.com/2022/05/25/honestreporting-announces-appointment-of-gil-hoffman-as-new-executive-director/ |title=HonestReporting announces appointment of Gil Hoffman as new executive director |date=2022-05-25 |website=[[Religion News Service]] |language=en-US |access-date=2023-01-10~~}}</ref>~~ He|archive-date=January ~~was~~10, ~~previously~~2023 ~~chief~~|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110110159/https://religionnews.com/2022/05/25/honestreporting-announces-appointment-of-gil-hoffman-as-new-executive-director/ ~~political~~|url-status=live ~~correspondent for the ''[[Jerusalem Post]]''.~~}}</ref>▼

By 2003 the list had 150,000 subscribers and began raising funds for it to become an independent organization. In 2003, HonestReporting Canada (HRC) was founded as an "independent, [[non-profit]] organization" headquartered in [[Toronto]], [[Canada]].<ref>[http://hrc.leverage.it/our-mission/ Honest Reporting Canada mission statement page], mentioning the foundation of the Canadian organization. [http://hrc.leverage.it/ Honest Reporting Canada website]</ref> In 2006, HonestReporting was granted "independent Charitable Organization status in Israel to complement its US status."<ref>[http://www.israeltoremet.org/amuta/580458024 About HonestReporting] with links to legal documents (Hebrew), on Israel Toremet fundraising website</ref>

In March 2006, a dedicated website by HonestReporting for covering the Media in the UK was launched by two expatriate Britons, CEO Joe Hyams, and Managing Editor Simon Plosker.;<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.totallyjewish.com/news/honestreporting-launches-uk-site/ |title=HonestReporting Launches UK Site |website=TJ News Archive |language=en-US |access-date=2016-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140824080355/http://archive.totallyjewish.com/news/honestreporting-launches-uk-site/ |archive-date=2014-08-24 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Inin 2011, the HR UK website was merged into the main site.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://honestreporting.com/hr-elevating-action-against-the-uk-media/ |title=HR: Elevating Action Against the UK Media |website=HonestReporting |date=3 August 2011 |language=en-US |access-date=2016-05-17 |archive-date=June 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610052957/http://honestreporting.com/hr-elevating-action-against-the-uk-media/ |url-status=live }}</ref>▼

▲The Chief Executive Officer of HonestReporting is Jacki Alexander.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.algemeiner.com/2022/10/19/journalism-award-stripped-from-palestinian-journalist-over-antisemitic-facebook-posts/ |title=Journalism Award Stripped from Palestinian Journalist Over Antisemitic Facebook Posts |first=Dion J. |last=Pierre |date=October 19, 2022 |newspaper=[[The Algemeiner]] |language=en-US |access-date=2023-01-10}}</ref> She previously worked at the [[American Israel Public Affairs Committee]] in Florida and has a master's degree in the History of International Relations from the London School of Economics and BA in History and Religious Studies. The Executive Director of HonestReporting is [[Gil Hoffman]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://religionnews.com/2022/05/25/honestreporting-announces-appointment-of-gil-hoffman-as-new-executive-director/ |title=HonestReporting announces appointment of Gil Hoffman as new executive director |date=2022-05-25 |website=[[Religion News Service]] |language=en-US |access-date=2023-01-10}}</ref> He was previously chief political correspondent for the ''[[Jerusalem Post]]''.

HonestReporting Canada (HRC) was founded as an independent group in 2003 to monitor Middle East news coverage in Canada. Journalist [[Jonathan Kay]] credited HRC with reducing perceived anti-Israel bias in the English-language media in Canada by 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cjnews.com/TOPScnCJN/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13275&Itemid=101 |title=Films at Concordia cause controversy |first=Ezra |last=Glinter |date=11 October 2007 |newspaper=[[Canadian Jewish News]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013204715/http://www.cjnews.com/TOPScnCJN/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13275&Itemid=101 |archive-date=October 13, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kay |first1=Jonathan |title=Jonathan Kay on Stéphane Gendron, Quebec's Israel-hater en chef |url=https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jonathan-kay-on-stephane-gendron-quebecs-israel-hater-en-chef |access-date=1 December 2023 |work=[[National Post]] |date=2011-11-04 |archive-date=October 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241006051736/https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jonathan-kay-on-stephane-gendron-quebecs-israel-hater-en-chef |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2012, a campaign by HRC led to a [[Canadian Broadcast Standards Council]] investigation after local politician [[Stéphane Gendron]] made controversial comments on the French-language [[Noovo|V Television Network]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Quebec mayor under fire for anti-Israel remarks |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-mayor-under-fire-for-anti-israel-remarks-1.1210525 |access-date=1 December 2023 |work=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] |date=2012-01-06 |archive-date=February 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204040511/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-mayor-under-fire-for-anti-israel-remarks-1.1210525 |url-status=live }}</ref>▼

~~===Outside the United States===~~

▲In March 2006, a dedicated website by HonestReporting for covering the Media in the UK was launched by two expatriate Britons, CEO Joe Hyams, and Managing Editor Simon Plosker.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.totallyjewish.com/news/honestreporting-launches-uk-site/ |title=HonestReporting Launches UK Site |website=TJ News Archive |language=en-US |access-date=2016-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140824080355/http://archive.totallyjewish.com/news/honestreporting-launches-uk-site/ |archive-date=2014-08-24 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2011, the HR UK website was merged into the main site.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://honestreporting.com/hr-elevating-action-against-the-uk-media/ |title=HR: Elevating Action Against the UK Media |website=HonestReporting |date=3 August 2011 |language=en-US |access-date=2016-05-17}}</ref>

▲HonestReporting Canada (HRC) was founded as an independent group in 2003 to monitor Middle East news coverage in Canada. Journalist [[Jonathan Kay]] credited HRC with reducing perceived anti-Israel bias in the English-language media in Canada by 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cjnews.com/TOPScnCJN/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13275&Itemid=101 |title=Films at Concordia cause controversy |first=Ezra |last=Glinter |date=11 October 2007 |newspaper=[[Canadian Jewish News]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013204715/http://www.cjnews.com/TOPScnCJN/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13275&Itemid=101 |archive-date=October 13, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Kay |first1=Jonathan |title=Jonathan Kay on Stéphane Gendron, Quebec's Israel-hater en chef |url=https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jonathan-kay-on-stephane-gendron-quebecs-israel-hater-en-chef |access-date=1 December 2023 |work=[[National Post]] |date=2011-11-04}}</ref> In 2012, a campaign by HRC led to a [[Canadian Broadcast Standards Council]] investigation after local politician [[Stéphane Gendron]] made controversial comments on the French-language [[Noovo|V Television Network]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Quebec mayor under fire for anti-Israel remarks |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-mayor-under-fire-for-anti-israel-remarks-1.1210525 |access-date=1 December 2023 |work=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] |date=2012-01-06}}</ref>

==Activities==

HonestReporting reviews news articles and op-eds regarding Israel to check for and respond to any bias or [[fake news]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/1670785837-al-jazeera-witness-is-pij-terrorist-claims-pro-israel-watchdog |title='Al Jazeera witness is PIJ terrorist' claims pro-Israel watchdog |website=[[i24NEWS]] |access-date=2023-01-10 |quote=HonestReporting executive director Gil Hoffman stated: "The credibility of the investigations of Al Jazeera in probing Abu Akleh's death are questionable now that HonestReporting exposed their chief witness as an active member of a murderous terrorist organization. |archive-date=January 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110110219/https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/1670785837-al-jazeera-witness-is-pij-terrorist-claims-pro-israel-watchdog |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.haaretz.com/2014-08-25/ty-article/time-retracts-idf-organ-harvesting-claim/0000017f-e773-df5f-a17f-ffffa0fe0000 |title=Time Retracts Claim That Israeli Troops Harvested Palestinian Organs |date=August 25, 2014 |language=en |newspaper=Haaretz |access-date=2023-01-10 |archive-date=January 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110110159/https://www.haaretz.com/2014-08-25/ty-article/time-retracts-idf-organ-harvesting-claim/0000017f-e773-df5f-a17f-ffffa0fe0000 |url-status=live }}</ref> They create and distribute content and tools for readers to understand news about Israel from a fair perspective.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/publiceditor/2016/01/25/464342251/nprs-error-filled-map-an-explanation |title=NPR's Error-Filled Map: An Explanation |first=Elizabeth |last=Jensen |date=January 25, 2016 |language=en |website=NPR.org |access-date=2023-01-10 |archive-date=January 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110110201/https://www.npr.org/sections/publiceditor/2016/01/25/464342251/nprs-error-filled-map-an-explanation |url-status=live }}</ref> They hold in-person and on-line events with experts about how the Jewish people and Israel is portrayed in the media.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/jnf-inaugurates-breakfast-for-israel/ |title=JNF inaugurates breakfast for Israel |date=May 4, 2017 |newspaper=[[Jewish Standard]] |language=en-US |access-date=2023-01-10 |archive-date=January 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110110200/https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/jnf-inaugurates-breakfast-for-israel/ |url-status=live }}</ref> HonestReporting is not a news organization, and therefore does not seek to follow [[journalistic ethics and standards]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Balmer |first=Crispian |title=HonestReporting accepts news groups had no prior warning of Oct. 7 Hamas attack |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-advocacy-group-accepts-news-outlets-had-no-prior-warning-hamas-attack-2023-11-10/ |work=[[Reuters]] |access-date=January 8, 2024 |archive-date=November 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113084337/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-advocacy-group-accepts-news-outlets-had-no-prior-warning-hamas-attack-2023-11-10/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

HonestReporting's actions have resulted in a number of corrections in the media including:

~~== Successes ==~~

HonestReporting has prompted many corrections in the media over the years<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://honestreporting.com/?s=success&submit=Search |title=Search for "success" |website=HonestReporting |access-date=2016-05-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/01/03/anti-israel-agenda-in-global-media-has-personal-motivations/ |title='Anti-Israel agenda in global media has personal motivations' |first=Ran |last=Puni |date=3 January 2022 |newspaper=[[Israel Hayom]] |access-date=2023-01-10}}</ref> including:

*Idris Muktar Ibrahim, a producer at CNN, was found to have written on Twitter praise for [[Hamas]] and in a separate tweet posted "#TeamHitler."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/cnn-cans-producer-idris-mukhtar-ibrahim-after-he-posts-about-praising-hamas-terrorism-and-writing-supernumberteamhitler-on-twitter/ar-AA14jEvg |title=CNN Cans Producer Idris Mukhtar Ibrahim After He Posts About Praising Hamas Terrorism & Writing '#TeamHitler' On Twitter |date=November 19, 2022 |website=MSN |language=en-US |access-date=2023-01-10 |archive-date=January 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110110159/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/cnn-cans-producer-idris-mukhtar-ibrahim-after-he-posts-about-praising-hamas-terrorism-and-writing-supernumberteamhitler-on-twitter/ar-AA14jEvg |url-status=live }}</ref> After HonestReporting contacted CNN about the producer's ability to report impartially, CNN ended their working relationship with him.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2022/11/18/cnn-drops-producer-idris-mukhtar-ibrahim-over-hamas-praise-teamhitler-post/ |title=CNN drops producer Idris Mukhtar Ibrahim over Hamas praise, '#TeamHitler' post |last1=Halon |first1=Yael |last2=Grossman |first2=Hannah |date=2022-11-18 |newspaper=[[New York Post]] |access-date=2023-01-10 |language=en-US |archive-date=January 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110110201/https://nypost.com/2022/11/18/cnn-drops-producer-idris-mukhtar-ibrahim-over-hamas-praise-teamhitler-post/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He later apologized.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tuko.co.ke/people/488293-idris-muktar-kenyan-journalist-tweets-posted-10-years-cost-cnn-job/ |title=Idris Muktar: Kenyan Journalist Says Tweets He Posted 10 Years Ago Cost Him CNN Job |last=Shiundu |first=Linda |date=2022-12-24 |language=en-US |website=[[Tuko]] |access-date=2023-01-10 |archive-date=January 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110110220/https://www.tuko.co.ke/people/488293-idris-muktar-kenyan-journalist-tweets-posted-10-years-cost-cnn-job/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

*In 2012, HonestReporting filed a complaint with the [[Press Complaints Commission]] (PCC) in the UK after ''[[The Guardian]]'' ran a correction apologizing for having called Jerusalem Israel's capital, contrary to the paper's style guide. HonestReporting acted to initiate a judicial review after the PCC initially ruled that ''The Guardian'' had not breached the PCC code, saying that the ruling had "potential to further delegitimize Jerusalem’s status as Israel’s capital." The PCC retracted its original ruling and asked the paper to defend its position. ''The Guardian'', then modified its style guide so that it no longer categorically states that Tel Aviv is the capital of Israel rather than Jerusalem.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ahern |first1=Raphael |title=Guardian: We were wrong to call Tel Aviv Israel's capital |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/guardian-admits-we-were-wrong-in-calling-tel-aviv-israels-capital/ |access-date=29 February 2024 |work=[[Times of Israel]] |date=2012-08-08 |archive-date=February 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229022216/https://www.timesofisrael.com/guardian-admits-we-were-wrong-in-calling-tel-aviv-israels-capital/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Award-winning journalist Shatha Hammad was discovered to have posted on Facebook that she was friends with Adolf Hitler<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/reuters-rescinds-award-palestinian-journalist-surfaced-social-media-posts-praising-hitler |title=Reuters rescinds award from Palestinian journalist following surfaced social media posts praising Hitler |last=Halon |first=Yael |date=2022-10-19 |website=[[Fox News]] |language=en-US |access-date=2023-01-10}}</ref> and that they "share the same ideology, such as the extermination of the Jews"<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://arab.news/z6jva |title=Palestinian journalist stripped of award over antisemitic comments |date=2022-10-21 |website=[[Arab News]] |language=en |access-date=2023-01-10}}</ref> Hammad made other posts using the nickname "Hitler" and denying Israel's right to exist.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rkeyikpqi |title=Palestinian journalist stripped of award for pro-Hitler remarks |author=i24NEWS |date=2022-10-19 |website=[[Ynetnews]] |language=en |access-date=2023-01-10}}</ref> She also termed terrorists who murdered Israeli worshippers in the [[2014 Jerusalem synagogue attack]] as "martyrs." After HonestReporting's exposure of her posts, the Thomson Reuters Foundation and the Kurt Schork Memorial Fund withdrew the awards they had granted her.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/news/reuters-strips-award-from-palestinian-journalist-after-she-said-im-friends-with-hitler-1opHcMaVpSbQZrxjzc0BJT |title=Reuters strips award from Palestinian journalist after she said 'I'm friends with Hitler' |first=Daniel |last=Ben-David |date=October 19, 2022 |newspaper=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |access-date=2023-01-10 |quote=On Sunday, media watchdog HonestReporting uncovered posts made by Shatha Hammad, a freelance journalist who has written for Middle East Eye and Al Jazeera, in which she signed off her Facebook comments using the nickname "Hitler".}}</ref>▼

▲*Award-winning journalist Shatha Hammad was discovered to have posted on Facebook that she was friends with Adolf Hitler<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/reuters-rescinds-award-palestinian-journalist-surfaced-social-media-posts-praising-hitler |title=Reuters rescinds award from Palestinian journalist following surfaced social media posts praising Hitler |last=Halon |first=Yael |date=2022-10-19 |website=[[Fox News]] |language=en-US |access-date=2023-01-10 |archive-date=January 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110182151/https://www.foxnews.com/media/reuters-rescinds-award-palestinian-journalist-surfaced-social-media-posts-praising-hitler |url-status=live }}</ref> and that they "share the same ideology, such as the extermination of the Jews"<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://arab.news/z6jva |title=Palestinian journalist stripped of award over antisemitic comments |date=2022-10-21 |website=[[Arab News]] |language=en |access-date=2023-01-10}}</ref> Hammad made other posts using the nickname "Hitler" and denying Israel's right to exist.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rkeyikpqi |title=Palestinian journalist stripped of award for pro-Hitler remarks |author=i24NEWS |date=2022-10-19 |website=[[Ynetnews]] |language=en |access-date=2023-01-10 |archive-date=January 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110110222/https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rkeyikpqi |url-status=live }}</ref> She also termed terrorists who murdered Israeli worshippers in the [[2014 Jerusalem synagogue attack]] as "martyrs." After HonestReporting's exposure of her posts, the Thomson Reuters Foundation and the Kurt Schork Memorial Fund withdrew the awards they had granted her.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/news/reuters-strips-award-from-palestinian-journalist-after-she-said-im-friends-with-hitler-1opHcMaVpSbQZrxjzc0BJT |title=Reuters strips award from Palestinian journalist after she said 'I'm friends with Hitler' |first=Daniel |last=Ben-David |date=October 19, 2022 |newspaper=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |access-date=2023-01-10 |quote=On Sunday, media watchdog HonestReporting uncovered posts made by Shatha Hammad, a freelance journalist who has written for Middle East Eye and Al Jazeera, in which she signed off her Facebook comments using the nickname "Hitler". |archive-date=January 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110110200/https://www.thejc.com/news/news/reuters-strips-award-from-palestinian-journalist-after-she-said-im-friends-with-hitler-1opHcMaVpSbQZrxjzc0BJT |url-status=live }}</ref>

News producer Fady Hanona was discovered to have posted [[Antisemitism|Anti-semitic]] social media posts by HonestReporting,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/ny-times-cuts-ties-with-gaza-freelancer-who-called-to-kill-jews-like-hitler-did/ |title=NY Times cuts ties with Gaza freelancer who called to kill Jews 'like Hitler did' |newspaper=[[The Times of Israel]] |language=en-US |access-date=2023-01-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2022/08/15/ny-times-stops-working-with-freelancer-who-called-for-killing-jews-like-hitler-did/ |title=NY Times cuts ties with freelancer who called for killing Jews 'like Hitler did' |first=Ben |last=Kesslen |date=2022-08-15 |newspaper=New York Post |language=en-US |access-date=2023-01-10}}</ref> leading news outlets he previously worked for such as ''The New York Times'', ''The Guardian'', and others to cut ties with him.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.skynews.com.au/business/media/the-guardian-and-the-abc-join-global-media-outlets-in-cutting-ties-with-antisemitic-freelance-journalist-fady-hanona/news-story/797cbee742e2474eb13124b175a43511 |title=The Guardian and the ABC join global media outlets in cutting ties with anti-Semitic freelance journalist Fady Hanona |first=Tyrone |last=Clarke |date=2022-08-22 |website=[[Sky News]] |language=en |access-date=2023-01-10}}</ref> ▼

▲*News producer Fady Hanona was discovered to have posted [[Antisemitism|Anti-semitic]] social media posts by HonestReporting,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/ny-times-cuts-ties-with-gaza-freelancer-who-called-to-kill-jews-like-hitler-did/ |title=NY Times cuts ties with Gaza freelancer who called to kill Jews 'like Hitler did' |newspaper=[[The Times of Israel]] |language=en-US |access-date=2023-01-10 |archive-date=January 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110110206/https://www.timesofisrael.com/ny-times-cuts-ties-with-gaza-freelancer-who-called-to-kill-jews-like-hitler-did/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2022/08/15/ny-times-stops-working-with-freelancer-who-called-for-killing-jews-like-hitler-did/ |title=NY Times cuts ties with freelancer who called for killing Jews 'like Hitler did' |first=Ben |last=Kesslen |date=2022-08-15 |newspaper=New York Post |language=en-US |access-date=2023-01-10 |archive-date=January 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110110203/https://nypost.com/2022/08/15/ny-times-stops-working-with-freelancer-who-called-for-killing-jews-like-hitler-did/ |url-status=live }}</ref> leading news outlets he previously worked for such as ''The New York Times'', ''The Guardian'', and others to cut ties with him.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.skynews.com.au/business/media/the-guardian-and-the-abc-join-global-media-outlets-in-cutting-ties-with-antisemitic-freelance-journalist-fady-hanona/news-story/797cbee742e2474eb13124b175a43511 |title=The Guardian and the ABC join global media outlets in cutting ties with anti-Semitic freelance journalist Fady Hanona |first=Tyrone |last=Clarke |date=2022-08-22 |website=[[Sky News]] |language=en |access-date=2023-01-10 |archive-date=January 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110110159/https://www.skynews.com.au/business/media/the-guardian-and-the-abc-join-global-media-outlets-in-cutting-ties-with-antisemitic-freelance-journalist-fady-hanona/news-story/797cbee742e2474eb13124b175a43511 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2010, CNN fired its Senior Mideast Editor Octavia Nasr after HonestReporting highlighted a Twitter message saying that she respected the Shiite cleric the Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, one of Hezbollah's founders. ''[[The New York Times]]'' Media Decoder blog wrote: Some supporters of Israel seized on the Twitter posting almost immediately.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/07/cnn-drops-editor-after-hezbollah-comments/ |title=CNN Drops Editor After Hezbollah Comments |last=Stelter |first=Brian |date=7 July 2010 |website=Media Decoder Blog |access-date=2016-05-24}}</ref>

==Criticism==

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After being criticized by HonestReporting for articles published by ''[[The Independent]]'', author [[Robert Fisk]] wrote in the ''Independent'' that some of their readers sent him hate-mail.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/robert--fisk-the-internet-threat-to-truly-honest-reporting-686255.html |title=The internet threat to truly honest reporting |last=Fisk |first=Robert |date=28 May 2001 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |access-date=2011-03-03}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Following a 2004 article published in the ''[[British Medical Journal]]'' which criticised Israel for a high level of Palestinian civilian casualties and claimed that the pattern of injuries suggested routine targeting of children in situations of minimal or no threat, the journal received over 500 responses to its website and nearly 1,000 sent directly to its editor. In an analysis of the responses published in the journal, [[Karl Sabbagh]] concluded that the correspondence was orchestrated by Honest Reporting and aimed at silencing legitimate [[criticism of Israel]]. In his analysis Sabbagh pointed to evidence that the correspondents had not read the article. Sabbagh also documented a significant proportion of offensive, abusive and racist insults among the correspondence. An editorial by the BMJ referred to the campaign as bullying and said that the best way to counter such behaviour was to expose it to public scrutiny.<ref name=BMJEd>{{cite journal |url=http://www.bmj.com/content/338/bmj.b500 |title=What to do about orchestrated email campaigns |first1=Fiona |last1=Godlee |first2=Tony |last2=Delamothe |name-list-style=amp |journal=[[British Medical Journal]] |year=2009 |volume=338 |pages=b500 |doi=10.1136/bmj.b500 |pmid=19244222 |s2cid=34867504 |access-date=12 May 2012 |archive-date=February 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223035911/https://www.bmj.com/content/338/bmj.b500 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=BMJKS>{{cite journal |url=http://www.bmj.com/content/338/bmj.a2066 |title=Perils of criticising Israel |last=Sabbagh |first=Karl |date=24 February 2009 |journal=British Medical Journal |volume=338 |page=a2066 |doi=10.1136/bmj.a2066 |pmid=19244219 |s2cid=7160405 |access-date=12 May 2012 |archive-date=December 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207170034/https://www.bmj.com/content/338/bmj.a2066 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Daniel Finkelstein]], associate editor of ''[[The Times]]'', responded that Sabbagh's piece was "anti-Israel propaganda" that did not meet even "basic academic standards" of scientific analysis.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thejc.com/comment/columnists/medical-journal-made-me-ill |title=Medical journal made me ill |last=Finkelstein |first=Daniel |date=5 March 2009 |newspaper=The Jewish Chronicle |access-date=25 July 2012 |archive-date=September 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921175425/http://www.thejc.com/comment/columnists/medical-journal-made-me-ill |url-status=live }}</ref>

During the [[2023 Israel-Hamas war]], HonestReporting said that the journalists who had photographed the October{{Nbsp}}7 Hamas attack were "part of the plan" and involved in "coordination with the terrorists"; later, the group's executive director said he had no evidence for the allegation. The report led two Israeli politicians to threaten that these journalists be killed,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-09 |title=Media watchdog says it was just 'raising questions' with insinuations about photographers and Hamas |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-photographers-attack-200be1ba47361f1c1fc113cdaeb65d04 |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> while the Israeli Prime Minister's office said the journalists were "accomplices in crimes against humanity".<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2023-11-09 |title=Reuters denies any suggestion it had prior knowledge of Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/reuters-denies-it-had-prior-knowledge-oct-7-hamas-attack-israel-2023-11-09/ |access-date=2023-11-10}}</ref> The [[Associated Press]], [[Reuters]], [[New York Times|''The New York Times'']] and [[CNN]] strongly refuted allegations that they had prior knowledge of the Hamas attack. Yousef Masoud, whose photos were published in the ''NYT'' and AP, started photographing 90 minutes after the attack started. Reuters said that its pictures, taken by two freelance photojournalists, were taken two hours after the attack began. Additional criticism also came from the [[Committee to Protect Journalists]]. The AP and CNN announced that they would stop working with one of the freelance photographers, after HonestReporting showed a picture of him being kissed by Hamas leader Yehia Sinwar.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/09/media/news-outlets-deny-prior-knowledge-of-hamas-attack/index.html |title=News outlets deny prior knowledge of Hamas attack after Israeli government demands answers over misleading report |author=Oliver Darcy |date=2023-11-10 |publisher=[[CNN]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Barr |first=Jeremy |date=2023-11-09 |title=News organizations deny advance knowledge of Hamas attack |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2023/11/09/cnn-ap-photographer-hamas/ |access-date=2023-11-10 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name=":0" />▼

~~==Honest Reporting Canada==~~

~~== Staff ==~~

▲During the [[~~2023 Israel-Hamas~~Israel–Hamas war]], HonestReporting said that the journalists who had photographed the [[October~~{{Nbsp}}~~ 7 Hamas attack]] were "part of the plan" and involved in "coordination with the terrorists"; later, the group's executive director said he had no evidence for the allegation. The report led two Israeli politicians to threaten that these journalists be killed,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-09 |title=Media watchdog says it was just 'raising questions' with insinuations about photographers and Hamas |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-photographers-attack-200be1ba47361f1c1fc113cdaeb65d04 |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> while the Israeli Prime Minister's office said the journalists were "accomplices in crimes against humanity".<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2023-11-09 |title=Reuters denies any suggestion it had prior knowledge of Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/reuters-denies-it-had-prior-knowledge-oct-7-hamas-attack-israel-2023-11-09/ |access-date=2023-11-10 |archive-date=December 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213135130/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/reuters-denies-it-had-prior-knowledge-oct-7-hamas-attack-israel-2023-11-09/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Associated Press]], [[Reuters]], [[New York Times|''The New York Times'']] and [[CNN]] strongly refuted allegations that they had prior knowledge of the Hamas attack. Yousef Masoud, whose photos were published in the ''NYT'' and AP, started photographing 90 minutes after the attack started. Reuters said that its pictures, taken by two freelance photojournalists, were taken two hours after the attack began. Additional criticism also came from the [[Committee to Protect Journalists]]. The AP and CNN announced that they would stop working with one of the freelance photographers, after HonestReporting showed a picture of him being kissed by Hamas leader Yehia Sinwar.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/09/media/news-outlets-deny-prior-knowledge-of-hamas-attack/index.html |title=News outlets deny prior knowledge of Hamas attack after Israeli government demands answers over misleading report |author=Oliver Darcy |date=2023-11-10 |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=November 10, 2023 |archive-date=November 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231110003244/https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/09/media/news-outlets-deny-prior-knowledge-of-hamas-attack/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Barr |first=Jeremy |date=2023-11-09 |title=News organizations deny advance knowledge of Hamas attack |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2023/11/09/cnn-ap-photographer-hamas/ |access-date=2023-11-10 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=November 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109223958/https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2023/11/09/cnn-ap-photographer-hamas/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Reuters described the allegations from HonestReporting as "irresponsible" and "baseless speculation" that resulted in threats towards journalists. HonestReporting stated that they "stated nothing firmly" and are not responsible for the consequences of "asking questions."<ref name=":1" /> In February 2024 letter to the Office of the Consulate General of Israel in New York, the New York Times demanded that Israel cease circulating the allegations, stating that "Honest Reporting has once again been trafficking in falsehoods about Mr. Masoud".<ref>{{cite web | author = David McCraw | title = Response from The New York Times to the Office of the Consulate General of Israel Regarding Yousef Masoud | date = 24 February 2024 | url = https://www.nytco.com/press/response-from-the-new-york-times-to-the-office-of-the-consulate-general-of-israel-regarding-yousef-masoud/ | access-date = March 2, 2024 | archive-date = March 2, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240302054440/https://www.nytco.com/press/response-from-the-new-york-times-to-the-office-of-the-consulate-general-of-israel-regarding-yousef-masoud/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

==See also==

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==External links==

* [http://www.honestreporting.com/ Honest Reporting official website]

* [http://www.honestreporting.ca/ Honest Reporting Canada]: the official Canadian affiliate

* [http://www.honestreporting.org HonestReporting.org], which reports critically on HonestReporting

* [https://www.theguardian.com/Archive/Article/0,4273,4140042,00.html Media manipulators] by [[David Leigh (journalist)|David Leigh]] in ''[[The Guardian]]'', criticizing HonestReporting

* [http://aish.com/jewishissues/mediaobjectivity/Media_Critique_17_-_The_British_Guardian.asp HonestReporting.com's response] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805132554/http://www.aish.com/jewishissues/mediaobjectivity/Media_Critique_17_-_The_British_Guardian.asp |date=August 5, 2011 }} to the "Media manipulators" article, at Aish.com

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