Honest Reporting in Global Media — Daniel Pomerantz
An entire organization grew from a small mailing list … HonestReporting is an NGO that’s grown exponentially over the past two decades. Today, the mailing list is 100,000 strong. And CEO Daniel Pomerantz helps his organization separate fact from fiction in global media. In this episode, he discusses how HonestReporting combats fake news — and its false depiction of Israel — with host Charles Mizrahi.
Topics Discussed:
• An Introduction to Dan Pomerantz (00:00:00)
• The Photo That Started It All (00:04:37)
• Reporting Gone Wrong (00:13:06)
• Context is Crucial (00:23:01)
• Reframing the Narrative (00:27:50)
• Speaking Across the Aisle (00:38:31)
• The Future of Journalism (00:42:52)
• Analyzing Conflicting Sources (00:48:49)
Guest Bio: After working as an attorney in the U.S., Daniel Pomerantz embraced a new calling. As the CEO of HonestReporting, Pomerantz helps ensure his organization practices truthful reporting and exposes the biases, misinformation and prejudice that plague global media — particularly as it impacts Israel. In addition, Pomerantz serves as an on-air law expert and on the adjunct faculty at the Interdisciplinary Center University (IDC). At IDC, he advises the schools of entrepreneurship and management.
In The Media: HonestReporting Explains Investigative Work On Prize Honoring Palestinian Violence
While the Israeli government is reportedly requesting that international donors save the Palestinian Authority from economic collapse, arguments for sustaining financial pressure on Ramallah are mounting once again. Indeed, the PA continues to insist it will never end the “Pay-for-Slay” policy that incentivizes the killing of Israelis.
And, most recently, Mahmoud Abbas’ administration explicitly rewarded the residents of the West Bank village of Beita for their violent and antisemitic riots. The Yasser Arafat Foundation during a ceremony last week presented its annual Achievement Award to Beita. Explaining the decision, Endowment Committee Chair Ola Awad praised the town for its “popular resistance” against Israel. As HonestReporting has repeatedly highlighted, Beita’s “resistance” involves violent riots, ecoterrorism, setting off of powerful explosive devices and burning swastikas.
During the award ceremony, Beita received a check for $25,000 from Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh.
All this, while international agreements require the PA to combat terrorism.
Following our exclusive expose earlier this week, ILTV invited HonestReporting’s Akiva Van Koningsveld to discuss the matter.
