This habitual negativity in judging Israel was on display recently as well in a Nov. 20 interview with Farah Pandith, a State Department official responsible for outreach to Muslims. Morning Edition co-host Steve Inskeep asks:
You don't get any questions, for example, hypothetically, why is the United States such a blind supporter of Israel?
There are many ways Inskeep could have framed the question. He could even have addressed a reality overwhelmingly ignored on NPR: "Do you find yourself having to address the scapegoating of Israel by various regimes seeking to deflect attention from their own conduct and domestic problems?"
“This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.” ― Euripides, The Phoenician Women
Thursday, March 24, 2011
More Documented Steven Inskeep Bias on NPR
In a 2009 CAMERA report on NPR's anti-Israel bias, Steve Inskeep's name appears again: