NYT’s Steve Erlanger: Unplugged on “The Newshour”

For years many of us have questioned the objectivity, the honesty and the agenda of the New York Times bureau chief in the Middle East , Steve Erlanger. Pat Connors more than anyone else has chronicled the litany of distorted reporting from Steve and the NYT when it comes to the issue of Israel/Palestine.

Nothing exposes bias better however, than an off the cuff comment during an interview. One doesn’t have the time to cloud it with innuendo which is much more difficult to expose. In a recent interview on The News Hour about the success of Hamas in securing the release of Alan Johnston, Steve does just that.

He refers to the Midle East tradition of kidnapping.

I wonder if he’s referring to the 10,000 or so Palestinians who have been kidnapped by the Israeli army. Or maybe he’s referring to the US practice of kidnapping Muslims around the world for the new policy of extraordinary rendition. But I doubt it.

The examples of his biased reporting are extensive and I will expand on it below over time. Right now I just want to get the video posted.