Category Archives: Media

Sunday news roundup

Posted on 05/19/2013 by Meryl Yourish

The word of the day is “irrelevant”: Pay no attention to the Obama administration follies. Your questions about where Obama was on the night of the embassy siege is irrelevant. Your questions about whether or not it was illegal for … Continue reading →

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The NEW New Journolist spin

Posted on 05/15/2013 by Meryl Yourish

Out: There were so many new applications for tax exemption, the IRS had to choose keywords to sort out the riff-raff. In: The IRS peons were incompetent, but management put a stop to that as soon as they found out. … Continue reading →

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The New JournoList spin on the IRS

Posted on 05/13/2013 by Meryl Yourish

That’s funny. Two different articles, one in Mother Jones, one in the WaPo, yet they’re running the exact same explanation as to why the IRS targeted conservative groups filing for tax exemptions. From Ezra Klein’s Wonkblog: The context for all … Continue reading →

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The AP: Working hard to not tell the truth, much

Posted on 05/13/2013 by Meryl Yourish

Even the AP can’t hide the hate anymore, but don’t worry, they’re working hard on trying. Remember all that bullshit about the Muslim Brotherhood “moderating”? The media has decided to be honest about the Israel hatred in Egypt these days. … Continue reading →

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The unbiased media circles the wagons

Posted on 05/13/2013 by Meryl Yourish

The IRS targeted groups for their political ideology when deciding whether or not to give them tax-exempt status. The New York Times barely covered the story when it broke, downplaying it as an apology for a few lower-down echelons in … Continue reading →

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Terrorist, journalist, what’s the difference?

Posted on 05/12/2013 by Meryl Yourish

UPDATE: The Newseum is “re-evaluating“. The Newseum is a museum in Washington that covers, well, the news business. Journalism, both print and television, is its focus. I’ve been mildly interested in visting it. They advertise heavily on WTOP in the … Continue reading →

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Anti-Israel bias on Jerusalem Day? Yeah, we’ve got that.

Posted on 05/08/2013 by Meryl Yourish

Israeli police detained the mufti of Jerusalem to interrogate him about a riot by Palestinians on the Temple Mount the day before. Western press is breathlessly reporting every moment; I could barely find the story in the Israeli papers. But … Continue reading →

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Mideast Media Sampler – 05/08/2013

Posted on 05/08/2013 by Soccerdad

1) Guess the source A) In its efforts to stop amateur rockets from nagging the residents of some of its southern cities, Israel appears to have given new life to the fledging Islamic movement in Palestine. For two years, the … Continue reading →

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But let’s concentrate on Israel’s attack on Syria

Posted on 05/06/2013 by Meryl Yourish

Sunni Muslims are fleeing Alawite death squads in Syria, which are targeting entire cities. Sunni Muslims sought safety after a second village in two days was destroyed by death squads apparently bent on ethnic cleansing. Relatives of the dead in … Continue reading →

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Attack on Syria

Posted on 05/05/2013 by Meryl Yourish

Israel bombed Syria twice in the last few days. The last time took out a huge weapons depot, reportedly long-range missiles that were going to be transferred to Hezbollah. There are many videos on YouTube of the secondary explosions.J.E. Dyer … Continue reading →

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