Does NYT's Top Israel Reporter Have a Son in the IDF?, page 1

Does NYT's Top Israel Reporter Have a Son in the IDF?

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Foreign editor treats potential conflict as none of our business

1/27/10

The New York Times refuses to confirm or deny a report that its Jerusalem bureau chief, Ethan Bronner, has a child who is an enlisted member of the Israeli Defense Force--even though such a relationship would pose a serious conflict of interest.

The Electronic Intifada website (1/25/10), following a tip, asked Bronner whether it was true that he had a son in the IDF. EI got a reply from Times foreign editor Susan Chira:

Ethan Bronner referred your query to me, the foreign editor. Here is my comment: Mr. Bronne

This article points out that The Jerusalem Bureau Chief Ethan Bronner has a son fighting in the Israel Defense Force. The question is whether this would cause bias on the part of Bronner to make the Israeli's look like the good guys and the Palestinians look like the bad guys ?

Another question is...Since Bronner HAS been doing this for quite some time, would it be more appropriate to replace him with someone else without this conflict of interest ?

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Ethan Samuel Bronner (born 1954) has been Jerusalem bureau chief of The New York Times since March 2008 following four years as deputy foreign editor.

Bronner previously served as assistant editorial page editor of the Times, and before that worked in the paper's investigative unit, focusing on the September 11 attacks.

A series of articles on al Qaeda that Bronner helped edit during that time was awarded the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism. He was the paper's education editor from 1999 to 2001 and its national education correspondent from 1997 to 1999.

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[edit on 30-1-2010 by Longbob]

[edit on 30-1-2010 by Longbob]