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Intifada
Hits the Headlines - How the Israeli Press
Misreported the Outbreak of the Second Palestinian
Uprising
by Daniel
Dor
In this nuanced
and detailed study of newspaper reporting
during the escalation of the second Intifada
in the fall of 2000, Daniel Dor shows how
real events are subject to distortion and
manipulation by the media. In an analysis
of the heart of Israel's media establishment—the
newspapers Yediot Ahronot, Ma'ariv,
and Ha'aretz—he finds a wide
gap between the reality reported by field
reporters and the eventual newspaper accounts
framed by editors. Led by beliefs, opinions,
and emotional responses rather than the
facts provided by their reporters, these
editors created a platform on which a new
and fearful narrative for Israeli–Palestinian
relations was built. Yet while Dor demonstrates
that the media construct the news rather
than simply report it, his sophisticated
analysis also shows that no one entity or
person is responsible. Rather than a supreme
authority, Dor argues, it is the influence
of fear, anger, ignorance, and a desire
to please and sell newspapers that threatens
the freedom of the press in a liberal democracy.
About the
Author
Daniel Dor teaches in the Department of
Communication, Tel Aviv University. A graduate
of Stanford University, he has worked as
a senior news editor at two of Israel's
leading newspapers. He lives in Tel Aviv.
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