NPR’s show "On the Media," Feb. 12. Typical:
Last weekend, New York Times Jerusalem bureau chief Ethan Bronner revealed that his son had joined the Israel Defense Forces. Amid cries over a conflict of interest – including from the paper’s own ombudsman – Times executive editor Bill Keller insisted that, as far as he was concerned, Bronner would remain on the beat. Keller talks about the controversy.
First commenter at On the Media site is Ali Abunimah:
As one of the co-founders of The Electronic Intifada — the news organization that broke the story about Ethan Bronner, I find it pretty astonishing (but not surprising), that "On the Media" would not talk to anyone other than Bill Keller about the Ethan Bronner controversy. This is very much part of the problem. If other voices were not so excluded from mainstream debate, then the NYT’s perception of what is fair coverage on this story would not be so badly and hopelessly warped.
