Date of source: Sunday, October 1, 2006
Ralph Donald Berenger was born in 1945 in North Dakota, U.S. Ralph Berenger has more than four decades of experience in public relations, print and broadcast media. From 1976-92, he was owner and publisher of three newspapers in Idaho, and general manager of a daily newspaper, one monthly and two...
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This report provides an overview of different human rights organizations in Egypt and th
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2007
Drs. Cornelis Hulsman stresses the danger of ignorant media reporting, and the damage that inaccurate fact-checking can cause. He provides a number of examples from various intellectuals, commenting on stories that have been sensationalized in the media, and the negative effects this reporting had...
Date of source: Thursday, April 12, 2007
Media frequently manipulate headlines in an effort to present stories in the context they desire. Headlines are also frequently sensationalized in an effort to attract a larger number of readers, but if this also distorts a story this should be questioned. The article provides examples from AP.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Drs. Hulsman responds to an article published in al-Usbū‘ which discusses the controversy over hiring Dr. Berenger, who the article refers to as an “American Jew.” Hulsman warns of the dangers of fallacious reporting, and the issues that it can create.
Date of source: Monday, November 13, 2006
The author discusses the
controversy surrounding the appointment of a Jewish-
American academic to the Faculty of Mass Communication
at Cairo University.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Drs. Cornelis Hulsman presented this text at the recent roundtable discussions of the European Institute of the Mediterranean, which were held on “Journalism and freedom of expression in the Mediterranean; responsibilities and limits.”
Date of source: Thursday, December 21, 2006
AWR is making good progress in building the Electronic Documentation Center.
Growing interest and attention for AWR work.
Date of source: Friday, June 27, 2003
Some people choose not to discuss with arguments but slander people they disagree with in an effort to discredit them. This can be frequently seen in some Egyptian media. Some Coptic activists, such as Michael Meunier, president of the US Copts Association, are not much different in their behavior...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 23, 2001
Professors at the AUC responded in utter amazement to the sentence against their colleague Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim. His arrest and sentence to seven years prison was preceded by much negative press that should have served as a warning that something was going wrong. A personal friend of Ibrahim...