Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Evelyn Gordon, writing in the Jerusalem Post, compares original New York Times material to the versions re-published in the Times owned, but Paris published, International Herald Tribune and finds some subtle, but important changes. No surprise, the changes give a more negative view of Israel.
JPost: As edited by...'The Herald Tribune'
Anyone puzzled by the vast difference between European and American attitudes toward Israel ought to spend some time comparing two newspapers: The New York Times and the Paris-based International Herald Tribune.
That may seem like an odd statement, since the IHT is owned by the Times and most of its articles are Times reprints – or at least, so the reader would assume, as they are credited to the Times and appear under Times reporters' bylines.
But it turns out that IHT editors often "improve" the Times copy a bit. The adjustments are minor in terms of the amount of text changed, yet sufficient to give the reader a completely different understanding of events...
