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Moral Equivalency Watch in Coverage of Deadly Church Bombing in Egypt

A bombing "prompted concerns that national cohesion was being threatened by the spread of religious extremism among Muslims and Christians," according to a front-page story by Michael Slackman, ...

The New York Times Remembers the 'Good Life' for Many in the 'Socialist State' of East Germany

New York Times reporter Michael Slackman on the disillusionment felt by some East Germans over reunification: "Yet no one here is whitewashing the disappointment, the sense even now, two decades ...

Remembering the 'Good Life' for Many in the 'Socialist State' of East Germany

Michael Slackman on the disillusionment felt by some East Germans over reunification: "Yet no one here is whitewashing the disappointment, the sense even now, two decades later, of feeling treated ...

Times Botches Rachel Corrie Incident

The Times leaves a lot out of its potted history of Rachel Corrie, a pro-Palestinian activist for a group that supported "armed struggle" against Israel whose death was a flashpoint in the ...

Obama's Muslim Outreach Bears Fruit in Lebanon's Elections - Maybe Iran Too!

Michael Slackman, whose previous reporting focused on how much the Muslim world hated America, finds the Obama administration winning hearts and minds and even elections: "There were many domestic ...

Hezbollah: Still Not Terrorist, Just a "Military...and Social Organization"

I feel safer already: Hezbollah's not a terrorist group, just "a military, political and social organization in Lebanon with strong ties to Iran, a bloc in Lebanon's Parliament and ministers in ...

So Hamas and Hezbollah Aren't Terrorist Groups?

Truth hurts? In Cairo, reporter Michael Slackman frets that "the public is outraged that Hamas is labeled a terrorist organization by the United States, while Israel is treated as a close friend."

Not Even Obama Will Make U.S. Less Supportive of "Zionism"

Michael Slackman forwards loaded language from Muslims in Amman: "The United States, many said, may be a biased supporter of Zionism hostile to Muslims..." And the Times now finds use of Obama's ...

U.S Shouldn't Assume People Want to "Live Like Americans"

"It is those kinds of assumptions - that the citizens of foreign countries want to be liberated by America and live like Americans - that can really get under people's skin."

The West Is "Demonizing" Iran's President

Among Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's "provocative remarks": Denying the Holocaust.
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