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The Jerusalem Post recently described the Norwegian daily as being “viciously anti-Israel”. Aftenposten itself has not commented. Are there any facts to back JP’s allegation? Volume of articles Swedish Aftonbladet has been ignoring criticism of Boström’s article for a long time now. Jan Helin, editor of Sweden’s largest newspaper even refuses to reply – see letters from Andrea Levin on CAMERA or below. It is characteristic of the state of affairs in Norway, neighboring upon Sweden, that reactons are more visible in the Wall Street Journal See than they are [...] Economist article on US-Israel affairs Nobody can accuse the Economist of being insufficiently critical of Israel. In this week’s edition, in the article “Don’t give up”, it is claimed that “Mr. Netanyahu’s obduracy on settlements… in the long run threatens Israel’s very existence”. This sort of observation goes far beyond what most Norwegians would [...] The Jerusalem Post reports that HRW founder Robert L.Bernstein criticizes HRW for “helping those who wish to turn Israel into a pariah state.” Norwegian daily DagenMagazinet follows up on it. Other Norwegian newspapers, so eager to comment when HRW condemns Israel, remain silent on occasions such as this – actually Dagsavisen, a minor daily, covers [...] Aftenposten editor Harald Stanghelle comments on Lieberman’s latest criticism of Norway in an editorial headed “Spiraling disappointment” on October 6th, 2009: It is not particularly credible when Israel’s foreign minister calls a conversation with Jonas Gahr Støre the most difficult one he has had [...] Rødt (Red) is far left-of-centre. Two of their main people are Torstein Dahle and NORWAC doctor Mads Gilbert, both of which believe that operation Cast Lead was “the same as” (Dahle) or “worse than” the WWII atrocities in the Warsaw ghetto. Most Norwegians find Rødt just a bit too much to handle, far less vote [...] Norwegians are repeatedly told that Israel is criticised “like any other country”. We are told that Israel is only getting what’s coming to them, same as any other nation would if they did what Israel is doing, that Norwegian newspapers have due cause, an obligation even, to humanity… These are all bright, shining lies. Norwegian newspapers [...] TV2's original article by Fredrik Græsvik, over which Manfred Gerstenfeld took TV2 to the PFU media complaints Something very strange has recently happened. The article above, which is based on an interview, has been switched for the article below in a non-event most people will not even notice. Except for one thing: TV2’s original [...] American author Bruce Bawer makes some interesting comments on mainstream Norwegian media on his blog. Here is an excerpt: Thursday, May 28, 2009, 5:49 P.M., CET: In yesterday’s Aftenposten, that paper’s culture and opinion editor, Knut Olav Åmås, ventured to say a couple of reasonably respectful things about me and my book [...] The Norwegian anti-Israel lobby and the media repeatedly claim that Israel is being criticized just like “any other country”. There is reason to doubt the validity of this claim. NIJ has a new woman onboard, Sophie, who in her line of work as a journalist has access to Retriever, a media analysis tool. Below we [...] On May 20th, seven Norwegian news sources run an NTB (Norwegian News Agency) article on how TV2 is taken to the The Norwegian Press Complaints Commission (PFU). According to Webavisen, a Norwegian news service, the news sources are: Demokraten Lokalt, Avisa Nordland, Stjørdalens blad, Finnmarken Lokalt, Bergens Tidende and Siste Lokalt. Before reading any further, please [...] In an article in Klassekampen (Class struggle) on Monday May 11th 2009, journalist Sarah Sørheim writes an interesting piece on how Media sacrifices ethics When journalists scent a political scandal, ethical priciples [...] The mass media of any nation holds a key role in the shaping of public opinion and thus influencing the political agenda. In this respect the situation in Norway is far from perfect. Here is an unauthorised translation from Verdens Gang, Norway’s largest daily, on May 5th 2009. Journalists still do not vote for the Progress [...] Dagens Næringsliv is Norway’s largest business daily. Yesterday many readers found the following editorial a refreshing change from the same-same of Akersgata (Norway’s Fleet Street): Social commitment The tragedy of Sri Lanka is entering its temporarily last act. During the next few days the last little piece of land still controlled by the LTTE, the Tamil Tigers, will probably be [...] Anti-Norwegian demonstration in Sri Lanka following the attack on Sri Lanka's embassy in Oslo. From VG. Photo by REUTERS. Norwegian tamils demonstrated in Oslo again yesterday, this time outside the central government offices in Akersgata. This is the latest in a series of demonstrations which all look the same: hundreds and thousands of tamils marching [...] |
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