MEDIA MONITOR • • . The Ps chola Behind fhe News IS ISRAEL BEIN G SACRIFIC a n ED' _11 News Magazine Takes Israel Side BERL FALBAUM Special to The Jewish News N AWARDED CERTIFICATE BY GIA IN DIAMOND GRADING 32419 Northwestern Highway Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334 Located between Middlebelt and Fourteen Mile Road 313.855-0040 Hours: Monday-Saturday 10.5 Thursday 10.8 A Third Generation of Quality and Tradition in Diamonds and Diamond Jewelry, passed down from Norman Allan DAVID BIBER "The Cadillac Man" SUBURBAN CADILLAC FOR THE BEST SERVICE AND PRICE COMBINATION SUBURBAN MOTORS TROY, MICHIGAN 643-0070 ❑ Luxury Car Locator ❑ Roadside Cadillac Service ❑ Pick Up and Drop Off Service Tables • Desks Wall Units Bedrooms Dining Rooms 12 Years' Experience & Expertise in the Design of Affordable Laminate, Lucite & Wood Furniture For Appt. Call 28 Muriel Wetsman FRIDAY JANUARY 25 1991 661.3838 ew Dimensions maga- zine lived up to its name in coverage of the Middle East conflict in its January issue. Devoting 35 pages to the Israel-Arab conflict, the magazine presented a dimen- sion seldom seen in the media: a pro-Israel point of view. Published out of Grants Pass, Oregon, New Dimen- sions is a slick, highly- professional news magazine. Its format is very much like Time Newsweek and other major national publications but that is where the resemblance ends as it per- tains to coverage of Israel. Not part of what is called the "herd instinct" in the media, the magazine publish- ed a series of articles on the conflict in January, articles ranging from an analysis of the Persian Gulf crisis to a highly-critical analysis of what the magazine views as pro Arab news coverage by the nation's media. The different slant on the story is implied with the cover headline, "Is Israel Be- ing Sacrificed?" Those reading the stories can come away with only one conclusion, that indeed it is. The magazine is four years old with newsstand sales be- ing available for the first time last year. It has 22,000 subscribers, plus 30,000 edi- tions on newsstands in all 50 states and 20 foreign countries. In several sidebars to major stories, the January issue outlines the history of the 4 -4 Middle East conflict, publishes interviews with major political figures and of- fers a major critique of the U.S. media in an article en- titled, "U.S. Media: The PLO's Fifth Column!' The story was written by Don Feder, a columnist for the Boston Herald. In an interview for The David Kupelian, the magazine's managing editor, described his publication as -"moderate- ly conservative," but not what might be described as "right wing!' In running the story on the media, the magazine decided "to name names and take license plate numbers!' "If there was bias involved, we needed to expose that;' he said. Mr. Kupelian said the idea to present a pro-Israel point of view resulted from the Arab riot at the Temple Mount last summer and subsequent United Nations resolutions condemning Israel. • "It was clear to us that the media only presented one side," said Mr. Kupelian. "It did not report the provoca- tions nor did the U.N. resolu- tion mention those that pro- voked the incident. Neither reflected both sides of the story. And the U.S. broke ranks with Israel." He said that there was unanimity among the staff when the story and its angle was discussed at New Dimen- sions editorial meetings. Mr. Kupelian said it is clear that the U.S. media has not been supportive of Israel in recent years. He does not believe that the posture results from anti-Semitism or an anti-Israel point of view. Jewish • News, ul