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If you follow coverage of Israel, you already know something’s off. CHECKED tells you what, and who. Ben Chertoff and Joe Truzman don’t cover the news. They cover the coverage. On Front Page, they break down how the biggest outlets covered the story of the week, and the editorial choices that led to bias. On The Feed, they track what’s going viral and why it matters. In Open Cases, they go inside HonestReporting’s own investigations into newsrooms, their sources, and their funders. To round it off, every week they bring two pieces of coverage to the table and rule on each one cold: honest mistake, or on purpose? They cover the news. We check their work. CHECKED is a production of HonestReporting, the information watchdog on anti-Israel bias. New episodes every Wednesday. Streaming live on X, Youtube and Instagram at 12:30 PM ET and in your podcast feed shortly after.

Episodes

  1. 2d ago ·  Video

    Red, Blue, and Green: Midterm coverage, Tucker Carlson's nuclear tweet, and why RSF put HonestReporting on its predators list | With Justin Pozmanter | Nov 5, 2026

    CHECKED is HonestReporting's weekly live show. Every Thursday, Ben Chertoff and Joe Truzman take apart the week's coverage of Israel. They look at what got reported, what got left out, and who decided. November 5, 2026: Front Page: The US midterm results are in, and so is the coverage. Justin Pozmanter, Director of HonestReporting's News Division, joins us to look at how Iranian officials, including parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, celebrated the result as a vote against the Iran war, and how Russian state media and parts of the Western press ran the same frame. Polling points to the economy and corruption, not Israel. We also look at Abdul El-Sayed's victory speech in Michigan, a Guardian column that waved off concerns about him as "shawarma law," and why the press now has to treat the newly elected anti-Israel candidates as the powerful, not the outsiders. The Feed: Tucker Carlson posted a 2,000-word tweet claiming the US is days from a nuclear strike on Iran, with Netanyahu pushing Trump every day. His source is one unnamed "informed observer." Carlson's posts usually draw one to three million views. This one passed 90 million. We look at who helped it break containment, including CNN's Christiane Amanpour and Drop Site's Ryan Grim, and what's left once you strip out the nuclear claim: the old dual-loyalty libel in a new wrapper. Open Cases: This week, the case is us. Earlier this year HonestReporting found that Reporters Without Borders (RSF) had quietly removed named Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad members from its database of journalists killed in Gaza, with no public correction. Three of them were also named in war-crimes complaints RSF filed with the International Criminal Court, and there's no public sign those complaints were withdrawn. RSF's response: it put HonestReporting on its 2026 Press Freedom Predators list, next to Vladimir Putin, the Chinese Communist Party and Erdogan. Honest Mistake, or On Purpose? Two cases, one ruling each. A New York Times story on swastikas sprayed on Jewish school buses in Brooklyn that reached for a Gaza death toll sourced to "local health officials," and a Guardian explainer on Israel's election that told readers Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza "had no vote." Chapters00:00 Cold open01:35 Front Page: the midterms, with Justin Pozmanter12:17 The Feed: Tucker Carlson's nuclear tweet17:03 Open Cases: RSF and HonestReporting22:01 Honest Mistake, or On Purpose?29:25 Wrap Live every Thursday at 12:30 ET on YouTube, Instagram and X. Follow CHECKED on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

  2. Oct 28 ·  Video

    Israel Votes! (And Steals Your Bananas): Election-week framing, Cenk Uygur's grocery-bill ad, and who really lit France's "student protests" | With Justin Pozmanter

    CHECKED is HonestReporting's weekly live show. Every Wednesday, Ben Chertoff and Joe Truzman take apart the week's coverage of Israel. They look at what got reported, what got left out, and who decided. October 28, 2026: Front Page: It's Israeli election week. Justin Pozmanter, Director of HonestReporting's News Division, joins us to look at how the international press covered the run-up to the vote. Outlets from The Independent and The Guardian to ABC Australia decided in advance that no matter who Israelis elect, nothing changes, because the problem is Israeli society itself. We look at how criticism of a government turned into a verdict on 10 million people. The Feed: Cenk Uygur's Rebellion PAC released an ad this week. In it, a family puts the eggs back at the grocery store because their money is going to "killing Palestinians." We check the numbers. Aid to Israel is about 0.05% of the federal budget, and most of it is spent inside the US on American-made defense equipment. The "new ad" also turns out to be a two-year-old clip. Open Cases: France burned this month, and the headlines called it student protests. HonestReporting's Rachel O'Donoghue followed the network behind the demonstrations: the organizations, their leaders' convictions, and the campaign announced weeks before the fires. It's all on their own websites. Honest Mistake, or On Purpose? Two cases, one ruling each. A Guardian photo caption that put Haifa in "Palestine," and ABC Australia's claim that "Greater Israel" has "become mainstream." Live every Wednesday at 12:30 ET on YouTube, Instagram and X. Follow CHECKED on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

  3. Oct 21 ·  Video

    Extra Virgin Outrage: Lander's olive harvest, the Gaza aid story NPR half-told, and Palestine Action's new names | With Michael Starr

    CHECKED is HonestReporting's new weekly live show. Every Wednesday, Ben Chertoff and Joe Truzman take apart the week's coverage of Israel. They look at what got reported, what got left out, and who decided. Episode 1: Front Page: NPR gave the head of the World Food Programme six uninterrupted minutes on Gaza aid cuts. We count five things that never came up: who stopped paying, who stole the food, what happened to the famine declaration, who else is starving (Sudan, 25 million people), and who else is delivering aid on the ground. The Feed: NYC Comptroller Brad Lander goes to the West Bank olive harvest, calls it "ethnic cleansing," gets detained in a closed military zone, and posts about it from the bus. We compare that with what the IDF actually said. And we bring in Matti Friedman's question: why does an olive harvest draw more cameras than entire countries? Open Cases: Michael Starr, head of HonestReporting's investigative team, walks through our investigation into Palestine Action U.S. That covers the network behind it, the outlets that amplify it, and how designated groups rebrand to stay a step ahead. Honest Mistake, or On Purpose? Two cases, one ruling each, no hedging. Al Jazeera's "open-air prison" framing, and a Washington Post parenthetical that gave the game away. Live every Wednesday at 12:30 ET on YouTube, Instagram and X. Follow CHECKED on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

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About

If you follow coverage of Israel, you already know something’s off. CHECKED tells you what, and who. Ben Chertoff and Joe Truzman don’t cover the news. They cover the coverage. On Front Page, they break down how the biggest outlets covered the story of the week, and the editorial choices that led to bias. On The Feed, they track what’s going viral and why it matters. In Open Cases, they go inside HonestReporting’s own investigations into newsrooms, their sources, and their funders. To round it off, every week they bring two pieces of coverage to the table and rule on each one cold: honest mistake, or on purpose? They cover the news. We check their work. CHECKED is a production of HonestReporting, the information watchdog on anti-Israel bias. New episodes every Wednesday. Streaming live on X, Youtube and Instagram at 12:30 PM ET and in your podcast feed shortly after.

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  • Creator
    HonestReporting
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Clean
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