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When Honest Reporting Gets Corrupt

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Honest Reporting is a website dedicated to pointing out bias in the media against Israel.  Presumably, they are on a campaign for truth and accuracy.  However, it is quite clear from this article that they are not nearly as interested in defeating media bias as they are in getting clicks.  As such, this is one of  the most substanceless articles  I've seen in a while. If you don't feel like clicking on the link above, here's a summary:  During a story about "Syria and the Middle East," CNN used a map of the Middle East that did not show Israel.  Instead, the area was designated "Palestina."  Here's the map in question: So, as Jews who have endured decades of cries that Israel has no right to exist, this should rightly concern us.  What happened?  How could CNN let this happen?  Luckily, we have Honest Reporting here to help us out.  But almost immediately the article uses some language I think we should question. "CNN ...