Sunday morning snarks, media bias edition

What a difference an angle makes: Biased AP headline of the morning: Israel police storm holy site to quell protest. Ynet news headline: Riots erupt on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount.

Awesome AFP anti-Israel slant of the month: The Dubai assassination of a terrorist was a “Cold War-style hit.” What, exactly, is a “Cold War-style hit”? Apparently, the AFP conflates political assassination for ideological purposes with the assassination of a murderer, an arms dealer, and a planner of future murders of Israeli citizens. Because they’re just like each other. Obviously.

If the Israelis were holding him, there’d be daily headlines: Hamas has extended the unlawful remand of a U.K. reporter, and it’s barely a blip on the media radar. What’s he been charged with? Nothing, really. He was about to contradict the Hamas leadership during a trial of a “collaborator.” So he was arrested. Say, Condi Rice, how do you feel now about your decision to allow Gaza to run for election all those years ago? And hey, the date for new elections has come and gone, so I guess that was a really good call, huh?

Shyeah.

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