Media

Weaponizing influencers: How Iran is using access diplomacy to cement its narrative

Western media personalities who visited Iran this week have parroted the regime’s claims that foreign-backed rioters are behind the recent unrest.

Iranian women hold portraits of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the funerals of security forces personnel killed in recent protests in Tehran on January 14, 2026
FILE PHOTO: File Photo: Media mogul Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of Apple Daily arrives at West Kowloon Magistrates's Courts to face charges related to an illegal vigil assembly commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, in Hong Kong, China November 3, 2020.

Hong Kong hands media mogul Jimmy Lai 20-year prison sentence

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to the courtroom at the District Court in Tel Aviv, in the trial against him, October 15, 2025

MKs urge attorney-general to probe alleged conflict of interest in Channel 13 sale

The offices of Israel’s Channel 13 News.

Israeli businessman Blavatnik chooses Netanyahu-linked Patrick Drahi for Channel 13 purchase


Israeli discourse has become ‘diss’ and coarse - opinion

We cannot afford either vicious discourse or wokeism here in Israel.

Israeli flags are seen at Mount Herzl Cemetery in Jerusalem, April 28, 2025

Marion Fischel: Always finding her way back home to 'The Jerusalem Post'

Behind the Bylines: Marion Fischel has had a wide range of jobs at the Post, and while she has excelled wherever she went, her path always brought her back to the paper.

 Marion Fischel.

Meta must label Al Jazeera as state media. Here's why - opinion

This is the time for Meta to start labeling Al Jazeera and AJ+, so it will be a little harder for anyone to get away with quoting them and saying “Facebook says it’s true.”

 AL JAZEERA headquarters in Doha, Qatar.

How an AI-startup is fighting pro-Israel battle for hearts and minds - interview

Here’s how dozens of leading researchers, with no connection to media, joined forces to restore the Jewish people's grip on the truth.

 Dr. Haran Shani-Narkiss.

Spanish TV psychic who claimed he came from a different planet dies at 80

Carlos Jesús, a Spanish psychic who became a media phenomenon in the 1990s, passed away in Dos Hermanas, Seville.

 Raticulin illustration.

Why the ‘60 Minutes’ segment with freed hostages fell short - opinion

While the '60 Minutes' segment does not explicitly put the onus on Israel, its framing choices and selective narrative emphasis shifts emotional blame, despite Hamas being the perpetrator.

 LESLIE STAHL on ‘60 Minutes’ at the start of the segment.

Pressing reform? Knesset advances restructuring of broadcasting landscape

Opposition MK Shelly Tal Meron described the reform, which proponents say will promote access to diverse viewpoints, as “revolution designed to seize control over the free press”

 View of the offices of Israel's public broadcaster KAN in Jerusalem. January 31, 2023.

UK gov't adviser: BBC refused antisemitism training on multiple occasions

Lord Mann said he visited the BBC's leadership on three occasions after assuming the role in 2019, and that each time, they had refused the offers of antisemitism training.

 BBC New Broadcasting House in London.

Jacob Laznik: Managing the welcomed chaos of breaking news

Behind the Bylines: In a chaotic mess of difficult-to-verify information that is breaking news in the Middle East, keeping up and managing a team is hard. But Jacob Laznik is up to the task.

 Jerusalem Post Breaking News Desk Manager Jacob Laznik is seen superimposed over a copy of the daily paper.

Channel 13 ownership shifts as Blavatnik reduces stake, Calemzuk takes control

Blavatnik is not fully divesting from the channel, choosing instead to continue investing several million dollars in the coming months to ensure the financial stability of the network.

 Sir Leonard Blavatnik