NBC Refuses to Revise Claim Israelis Shot Boy, Accuses Critics of 'Che

Brad Wilmouth
July 31st, 2009 4:10 AM
NewsBusters previously documented a claim made by NBC News correspondent Richard Engel on the June 22 Countdown show on MSNBC that the apparent murder of 27-year-old Neda Agha-Soltan during a crackdown by Iranian government forces, and the possibility that she will become the visual symbol for her country’s pro-democracy movement, was reminiscent of the Mohammed al-Dura video of September 2000…
 

NBC’s Engel Compares Iran Govt Murder of Woman to Dubious Israeli Sh

Brad Wilmouth
June 25th, 2009 4:31 AM
On Monday’s Countdown show on MSNBC, as host Keith Olbermann and NBC News correspondent Richard Engel discussed the apparent murder of 27-year-old Neda Agha-Soltan by Iranian government forces as part of the crackdown against pro-democracy protesters, and the possibility that she will become the visual symbol for her country’s pro-democracy movement because her death was recorded, Engel brought…
 

Media Aired Dubious Anti-Israel Video, Not ‘Even-Handed’ to Expose

Brad Wilmouth
October 1st, 2008 2:46 PM
It was eight years ago this week that France 2 TV introduced the world to Mohammed al-Dura, the Palestinian boy who was allegedly shot and killed during a gunfight between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen, in a video whose authenticity has increasingly been called into question years after it inspired anti-Semitic violence around the world. The American news media not only highlighted the…
 

Media Ignored Blows Dealt to Terrorist-Inspiring al-Dura Footage

Lynn Davidson
November 15th, 2007 5:53 PM
Shouldn't the media cover the debunking of an event which stirred violent anti-Israel sentiment and even became a talking point for Osama Bin Ladin? Instead, the media ignored a French judge's investigation into whether France2's 2000 report that claimed Israel shot and killed a 12-year-old Palestinian boy is “a hoax.” The famous picture of a terrified Mohammed al-Dura hiding behind his father…