Two thousand soon-to-be-unemployed Fatah members are rioting across Gaza–even in front of Mahmoud Abbas’ house. And the AP headlines its story thus:
Thousands of Fatah Members Protest in Gaza
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – Thousands of activists from Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah Party rallied across the Gaza Strip on Friday, burning abandoned cars, shooting in the air and demanding corrupt leaders resign after their devastating election loss to the militant Hamas movement.
Sounds like rioting to me.
On Friday night, thousands of Fatah activists burned cars and shot in the air in demonstrations demanding the resignation of corrupt party officials and insisting that Fatah form no coalition with Hamas.
Yep, still rioting.
Perhaps they can blame it on the Muslim “youths” of France. No, wait, then they’d have to call it a riot.
This is why the AP has its very own category on my blog: AP Media Bias.
Update: Oh, this is even more precious. An earlier version of this headline is “Fatah Members Rally Against Corruption.”
Yes, because the corrupt members of Fatah would almost certainly rally against their own corruption. The AP should have a new motto: “We’re always good for a laugh.”
Willful ignorance tends to make the observer cry rather than laugh when the results are as tragic as the AP ignorance can lead to. It is allso sad to see the deteriation of a once competent organization, like seeing a once respected person move throught he stages of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Indeed, perhaps that should be the new name for the AP, the Alzheimer’s Press.
This post is a riot, Meryl :-)
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