Many who have contributed, and continue to contribute, to Palesine Media Watch have been engaged in intense and persietent writing campaigns to newspapers and other media outlets across the country. Their efforts have not been in vain: editorial boards and story writers have begun to tone down their raw pro-Israeli line, and have started (though still very modestly) to give some voice to the Palestinian side.

The lesson that is emerging is that the best results are usually obtained from those who pick a particular newspaper or media outlet and persistently send them well written, intelligently argued, factually supported, letters on a daily basis. Best examples of this are Omar Barghouti (to the New York Times), Sarah Waheed, and Tait Graves (The Washington Post and The Philadelphi Inquirer), Dorie Alqam (Time Magazine), among others.

Therefore: PMWatch is kicking off a "Become a Media Gadfly" program. We are looking for dedicated people who will take on a particular newspaper or media outlet and write to them on a regular -- and ideally, daily -- basis. The aim is mainly twofold: (1) to establish a live line of communication between us and the media, and (2) to supply writers and editors in a persistent and reliable manner with facts and arguments. You will be suprised the degree of ignorance these writers are laboring under (in addition to the unreflexive bias in their worldview).