Bias Personified: The Return of The New York Times’ Former Jerusalem Bureau Chief

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Key takeaways:David Halbfinger’s reappointment as the New York Times’ Jerusalem bureau chief should raise alarm bells due to his history of biased coverage against Israel. > 100 int’l law scholars write to Netanyahu et al., call it “flagrant violation,” “clearly unlawful,” could lead to “individual int’l criminal liability.” Read: https://t.co/fixdj5wne6 — David Halbfinger (@halbfinger) June 11, 2020This is not journalism. pic.twitter.com/JPxiuPUeD9 — HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) May 12, 2020Halbfinger has also demonstrated an obstinate refusal to correct himself even when the facts are clearly wrong. https://t.co/TSieoAyi3b pic.twitter.com/YjhzNi4jHq — HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) April 29, 2018But then Halbfinger has a habit of disparaging those he disagrees with or dislikes. We’ve become all too used to biased, anti-Israel reporting from The New York Times.