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	selective memri : Melbourne Indymedia
		Memri's purpose, according to its website, is to bridge the language gap between the west - where few speak Arabic - and the Middle East, by "providing timely translations of Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew media".
		Memri might, of course, argue that it is seeking to encourage moderation by highlighting the blatant examples of intolerance and extremism.
		Memri's next success came a month later when Saudi Arabia's ambassador to London wrote a poem entitled The Martyrs - about a young woman suicide bomber - which was published in al-Hayat newspaper.
	melbourne.indymedia.org /mail.php?id=52677 (1884 words)

	Media organisation rebuts accusations of selective journalism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Memri is involved in a variety of projects, apart from translating material into most European languages and Turkish: an economic project, headed by a former World Bank expert, an Arab anti-semitism documentation project, studies of school books from Arab educational systems, monitoring Friday sermons in the Arab world.
		Memri reported all this, giving the paper credit even though these events came in the wake of severe US criticism.
		Whitaker implies that this was a marginal case - another article deliberately "selected" by Memri that merely reflects the "ignorance of many Arabs - even those [as] highly educated" as the author of the piece - a university teacher.
	gluefox.com /min/orel/whitsvar.htm (800 words)

	israelinsider: diplomacy: MEMRI provides window into the Arab media
		MEMRI distributes its translations of regional content by fax and e-mail to over 10,000 journalists, diplomats, politicians and activists worldwide.
		MEMRI provides an essential window into the Arab world, one that previously didn't exist, according to Yigal Carmon, founder and president of the non-partisan, non-profit organization.
		MEMRI exposes the West to the real sentiments of the Arab regimes as expressed in their respective government controlled press.
	www.israelinsider.com /channels/diplomacy/articles/dip_0165.htm (1025 words)

	Middle East Media Research Institute - dKosopedia
		MEMRI bridges the language gap which exists between the West and the Middle East, providing timely translations of Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew media, as well as original analysis of political, ideological, intellectual, social, cultural, and religious trends in the Middle East.
		MEMRI is one of the few sources of English language translations of material published in Arabic and Persian.
		MEMRI has been criticized for what is perceived to be its selective translation of content from the Arab/Persian press.
	www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/Middle_East_Media_Research_Institute (763 words)

	FORWARD : News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		One of Memri's "scoops" occurred in October, when the group circulated the translation of a blatantly anti-Semitic interview given by Sheik Muhammad al-Gamei'a, a former imam of the largest mosque in New York City, to the unofficial web site of Cairo's Al-Azhar University.
		The Memri founders stress that they are quoting the government-controlled press and not obscure or extremist publications, a fact their critics acknowledge.
		Memri has also reportedly received translation help from a Hebrew University professor, Menachem Milson, who was appointed in 1981 by then-Defense Minister Ariel Sharon as the head of the newly-formed civilian administration in the West Bank.
	www.forward.com /issues/2001/01.12.07/news7.html (1062 words)

	Selective Memri, by Brian Whitaker, 8/12/02
		Memri's purpose, according to its website, is to bridge the language gap between the west -- where few speak Arabic -- and the Middle East, by "providing timely translations of Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew media".
		But Memri claimed al-Riyadh was a Saudi "government newspaper" -- in fact it's privately owned -- implying that the article had some form of official approval.
		Memri's next success came a month later when Saudi Arabia's ambassador to London wrote a poem entitled The Martyrs -- about a young woman suicide bomber -- which was published in al-Hayat newspaper.
	www.ratical.org /ratville/CAH/MEMRI.html (1880 words)

	Selective Memri (Middle East Media Research Institute)
		I think it is obvious from looking at MEMRI that their purpose is to point out the discrepencies in communication between what Arabs tell eachother in their press verses what they tell us.
		The MEMRI people aren't even going that far- they are doing nothing more than printing Arab news, much of it from governments which do not have 'opposition press' or 'opposition parties.' They are not writing their own op-ed pieces, though they certainly could do so.
		MEMRI doesn't claim they reprisent the whole paper but I would bet they're not too far from it.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/733439/posts (6434 words)

	Informed Comment
		Trying to paint MEMRI in a conspiratorial manner by portraying us as a rich, sinister group, you write that "MEMRI is funded to the tune of $60 million a year." This is completely false.
		You also write that MEMRI is an "anti-Arab propaganda machine" that "cherry-picks the vast Arabic press." If you have any level of familiarity with MEMRI, you should be aware of our Reform Project, which is one of the most important of MEMRI's projects, and which receives much of our energy and resources.
		I will add another criticism of MEMRI, which is that it systematically violates the intellectual property of Arab writers by appropriating their content without paying for it and storing them on its servers, and then claiming copyright in their work as translated.
	www.juancole.com /2004/11/intimidation-by-israeli-linked.html (1226 words)

	Sarah Maserati on MEMRI on National Review Online
		MEMRI's website, which is updated daily, and their pamphlets and other materials, are invaluable, and should be read by every Westerner.
		MEMRI has compiled videotaped clips from the Arab satellite channel IQRAA TV, which is broadcast across the Arab and Muslim world.
		MEMRI's work is invaluable because it forces us to acknowledge the existence of all of that ugliness and hatred.
	www.nationalreview.com /maserati/maserati111402.asp (1146 words)

	Jay Nordlinger on MEMRI on National Review Online
		MEMRI invites one and all to "Explore the Middle East Through Its Own Media" — which is what many people, including journalists, began to do last fall.
		MEMRI made clear that the people celebrating in the Middle East over September 11 were not only the radicalized masses, but the elites who had radicalized them.
		MEMRI exists entirely on private donations — there are about 250 donors, including some foundations — and will not accept any government money, as a matter of policy.
	www.nationalreview.com /nordlinger/nordlinger200409132124.asp (2273 words)

	Unplugged Mike: The Deceptive Juan Cole and MEMRI
		Memri tries to hide the fact that Arab tabloid press just behaves like any other tabloid press in the world, by peddling their translations as if they where the common opinion of the common arab.
		MEMRI is presided by a high-level memeber of the IDF Reserve (that is what "Retired" means at that rank) and served in the AMAN (IDF/Intelligence Branch) for 20 years, in which he served in high-level capacities for most of his carreer.
		MEMRI is an organization with a viewpoint, no doubt, but saying it's a front for the Likud (and, of course, providing no evidence of this except guilt by association) is crass demagoguery.
	mlbrenner.blogspot.com /2004/11/deceptive-juan-cole-and-memri.html (5062 words)

	Why War? Analysis: Selective Memri
		Memri's purpose, according to its website, is to bridge the language gap between the west — where few speak Arabic —; and the Middle East, by "providing timely translations of Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew media".
		But Memri claimed al-Riyadh was a Saudi "government newspaper" — in fact it's privately owned — implying that the article had some form of official approval.
		Memri's next success came a month later when Saudi Arabia's ambassador to London wrote a poem entitled "The Martyrs" — about a young woman suicide bomber — which was published in al-Hayat newspaper.
	www.why-war.com /news/2002/08/12/selectiv.html (1976 words)

	Right Web \| Organizations \| Middle East Media Research Institute
		Carmon is the longtime president, while Wurmer left her position as executive director at MEMRI in early 2002 to direct the Center of Middle East Studies at the Hudson Institute.
		According to one profile of MEMRI, the institute is “one of the few sources of English language translations of material published in Arabic and Persian; it thus provides a view into Arab and Iranian media that is often otherwise unavailable to English speakers that are not literate in those languages.
		Carmon says that MEMRI is eager to highlight the role of the “good guys” in the Middle East--the democrats, or near democrats; the liberals, or near liberals--anyone who evinces the slightest interest in reform.
	rightweb.irc-online.org /org/memri.php (1235 words)

	FORWARD : News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Founded by two Israelis, the Middle East Media Research Institute, known by its acronym Memri, is a five-year-old organization with offices in Washington and Jerusalem and branches in London and Berlin which translates selections from the Arab and Iranian media into eight languages and distributes them to media outlets and policy-makers.
		Memri's selections, sent to subscribers in "dispatches," typically feature articles and editorials that show the militant side of Arab societies, often anti-American or antisemitic.
		Founded in 1998 by Yigal Carmon and Meyrav Wurmser, both of whom were early critics of the Oslo accords, Memri has had a "tremendous influence" on America's perception of the Middle East, said Jon Alterman, director of the Middle East program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank.
	www.forward.com /issues/2003/03.01.24/news9.html (726 words)

	Forums - memri.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Back in May, we highlighted one of the stories that MEMRI circulated about an outrageously anti-Semitic essay in Saudi Arabia's state-owned newspaper, which claimed that Jews are "vampires" who torture children to death with sharp needles so they can consume their blood.
		i've been browsing memri recently after it was linked to in a posting on another forum and i'd come to a very similar conclusion to what you describe, but i thought there might be more information on major funders, etc. out there that would clinch that analysis.
		Juan Cole had a little run-in with MEMRI in November 2004, http://www.juancole.com/2004/11/int...eli-linked.html which was recounted in AntiWar.com http://www.anti-war.com/cole/ with a link to this thread.
	www.prwatch.org /forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=103 (1125 words)

	Repressive MEMRI - by Juan Cole
		Carmon's letter makes three charges: 1) that I alleged that MEMRI receives $60 million a year for its operations; 2) that I alleged that MEMRI cherry-picks the vast Arab press for articles that make the Arabs look bad; 3) that I said that MEMRI was affiliated with the Likud Party.
		Carmon and Meyrav Wurmser, who run MEMRI, were both die-hard opponents of the Oslo peace process, and so ipso facto were identified with the Likud rejectionists on that central issue.
		MEMRI is a 501 (c) 3 organization, which is tax-exempt in U.S. law, and therefore cannot engage in (much) directly political activity without endangering its exemption.
	www.antiwar.com /cole/?articleid=4047 (1245 words)

	The Michigan Electronic Medical Record Initiative
		About Us MEMRI is a Michigan-registered non-profit corporation dedicated to improving healthcare quality and lowering healthcare costs in Michigan through the implementation of a statewide, standardized electronic medical record.
		MEMRI headquarters is in Lansing, just one block from the State Capitol building.
		MEMRI partners with Beaumont to collaborate on NIH-AHRQ grant proposal for disaster preparedness.
	www.memri.us /about.html (750 words)

	MEMRI TV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		MEMRI bridges the language gap which exists between the West and the Middle East, providing timely translations of Arabic and Farsi media, as well as original analysis of political, ideological, intellectual, social, cultural, and religious trends in the Middle East.
		MEMRI's headquarters is located in Washington, DC with branch offices in Berlin, London, Jerusalem, and Baghdad, and has a project active in Sweden.
		MEMRI research is translated to English, German, Hebrew, Italian, French, Spanish, and occasionally Turkish and Russian.
	www.memritv.org /aboutus.asp (1253 words)

	Martin Kramer's Sandstorm: Juan Cole Jogs My MEMRI
		Cole claimed that MEMRI is funded "to the tune of $60 million a year" (an absurd figure), that MEMRI is biased (in the eye of the beholder), and that it is somehow linked to the Likud party (it isn't).
		MEMRI's president, Yigal Carmon, shouldn't have threatened legal action—in part because it makes too much of Cole, who's famously prone to fact-free tantrums, and whose weblog is an embarrassment of errors.
		Juan Cole has claimed that MEMRI is funded "to the tune of $60 million a year." Some bloggers have pointed out that MEMRI's filings show a budget of under $2 million, to which Cole responds: "I deny that I have misstated their funding.
	www.geocities.com /martinkramerorg/2004_11_25.htm (3928 words)

	MRI - FAQ Answers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		MEMRI lets you code multiple punches into a single definition either by using the OR (!) statement or by placing a dash between the starting and ending punch.
		If MEMRI is executed from different subdirectory or from floppy disk drive, however it will look for (and leave) user files on that drive, rather than in the MEMRI subdirectory.
		MEMRI identifies each of the files you create by the three-character file extension which follows each file name after the period (for example: in the file "FILENAME.F4R" F4R is the file extension).
	www.mediamark.com /MRI/docs/mrifaqa.html (1872 words)

	Mediamark Research - MEMRI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		MEMRI gives marketing specialists and media planners unlimited access to America's largest consumer database.
		The new version of MEMRI will let you analyze, tabulate, and evaluate Mediamark's entire respondent database with all the ease and flexibility of the Windows environment.
		MEMRI ² combines the look and feel of popular spreadsheet packages with the user-friendliness of Windows to give even new users all the tools necessary to perform sophisticated data analyses - from cross-tabulation and cost rankings to reach and frequency distributions.
	www.mediamark.com /mri/docs/memri.html (259 words)

	PejmanPundit
		Given the fact that MEMRI does a great deal to uncover the rampant militarism and anti-Semitism that pervades much of the Muslim world, its status as a dissenter would make it a natural target for the very terrorists and demagogues whose perfidy and nefariousness MEMRI reveals.
		Look, MEMRI quotes outrageous and blood-curdling passages about the hatred of Jews, the hatred of the United States, and the need for Muslims to kill as many non-Muslims as possible.
		Otherwise, blaming MEMRI for bringing these quotes to light is sort of like attacking a homeowner for having the temerity to discover a burglar in the house and calling the police as a consequence.
	pejmanpundit.blogspot.com /2002_08_11_pejmanpundit_archive.html (10205 words)

	IsraelNow - News - August 15, 2002 - The Guardian's Selective Memri (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		He article is an attack on Memri, the Middle East Media Research Institute (http://www.memri.org), which provides translations of articles and speeches from various Arabic sources.
		Whitaker scoffs at the fact that the names of Memri's staff and office address were removed from their website due to concern of attack by Arab extremists.
		Most surprising of all is that while Whitaker spends 1,700 words attacking Memri as a "mysterious organization" and its "air of secrecy," he has forgotten to tell Guardian readers of his own secrets.
	www.israelaustin.com /israelnow/news/15august2002a.asp (610 words)

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