Category Archives: Media Bias

You lost me at “wants to be remembered”

Posted on 02/08/2012 by Meryl Yourish

This is what is wrong with journalists today. In one of NPR’s top five articles on their website, they discuss whether or not Israel will attack Iran. The number one reason why Israel may bomb Iran is as follows: 1. … Continue reading →

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Time warp blogging fatigue

Posted on 02/07/2012 by Meryl Yourish

One of the reasons I get so tired of posting these days is because I post essentially the same things, different days. Pick a month from 2008 and go read over the archives. I found a post on Hamas smuggling … Continue reading →

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Burying the lede, AP style

Posted on 02/04/2012 by Meryl Yourish

Well, that’s that for the AP. The fact that Iran’s Supreme Leader called Israel “a cancerous tumor” that “needs to be removed” is now buried on the second page of the story that warns the rest of the world that … Continue reading →

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The war of the words

Posted on 02/03/2012 by Meryl Yourish

Israel’s annual Herzliya conference, which draws leaders from around the world to discuss the region’s security issues, is always a cause for the news media to get a case of the vapors. Its major topic this year, of course, is … Continue reading →

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The double standard on political influence

Posted on 02/02/2012 by Meryl Yourish

Wow, the media keep piling on Sheldon Adelson. Let’s remember his big crime is donating millions of dollars to Newt Gingrich’s campaign. And as we all know, there’s nothing the media like to do more than profile people who use … Continue reading →

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Hiding the truth about Newt Gingrich and Israel

Posted on 02/01/2012 by Meryl Yourish

So the liberal Jewish press is harping on Sheldon Adelson because he has the nerve to want to spend his money on electing the candidate he likes the best. Gee, how un-American of him (*cough* *cough* Oprah) (*cough* *cough* Haim … Continue reading →

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The AP: Scary, scary, hardline Israeli is going to lose, but we’ll profile him anyway

Posted on 01/30/2012 by Meryl Yourish

The AP never misses an opportunity to bash Benjamin Netanyahu. This time, they use my personal winner of Most Annoying Israeli Spam to Meryl Award, Moshe Feiglin, as the bogeyman who is even more extreme than Bibi. Here’s the lead: … Continue reading →

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Scary pro-Israel backers only count if they’re Republicans

Posted on 01/30/2012 by Meryl Yourish

The Forward takes the biggest anti-Semitic trope–that Jews have too much influence over American politics and are loyal to Israel over America–and publishes a piece that gives the David Dukes, Pat Buchanans, and John Mearsheimers of the world even more … Continue reading →

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A challenge to the Associated Press

Posted on 01/29/2012 by Meryl Yourish

How about reporting on items like these instead of whitewashing Palestinian accountability for encouraging terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians? Palestinian television aired an interview with the relatives of the Fogel family murderers earlier this month, praising the two cousins convicted … Continue reading →

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The mainstreaming of anti-Semitism

Posted on 01/26/2012 by Meryl Yourish

Check out the original headline for an AP profile on Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire donor to the Gingrich campaign: Gingrich’s biggest benefactor is a casino mogul, a hardliner on Israel and very, very rich It has since been changed to … Continue reading →

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Thursday, briefly

Posted on 01/26/2012 by Meryl Yourish

Dueling bomb analyses The New York Times Magazine runs a lengthy piece and says Israel will bomb Iran this year. Jeffrey Goldberg, who wrote a lengthy piece for the Atlantic not long ago, says it’s not gonna happen. I rather … Continue reading →

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If it’s Wednesay, this must be Media Bias Against Israel Day

Posted on 01/25/2012 by Meryl Yourish

I have two words for this story: Bull and shit. Marwan Barghouti says the conflict with the Palestinians will end if Israel withdraws to the 1949 Armistice lines, a.k.a. the 1967 “borders”. Oh, really? Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Zahar said … Continue reading →

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Thursday news briefs

Posted on 01/19/2012 by Meryl Yourish

Because name-calling is such a great way to make your point: This column in Ha’aretz is titled “Every Jewish mother’s nightmare.” What, that their son/daughter intermarry and don’t raise the children in the faith? That they should, God forbid, die … Continue reading →

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Tuesday briefs

Posted on 01/17/2012 by Meryl Yourish

Yes, this is a real headline: Iran cracks down on moral peril of Barbie peddlers. Seriously. By Reuters. That’s right, the Iranian morality police are making sure Western culture–in the presence of Barbie dolls–doesn’t invade Iran. Because their culture, which … Continue reading →

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De nada, Ilse

Posted on 01/16/2012 by SnoopyTheGoon

A Dutch lady spends some time in Israel, while pregnant. She goes through the usual rigmarole of prenatal tests, is diagnosed with some virus which is subsequently taken care of. Eventually, she gives birth to a healthy baby and here … Continue reading →

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Wednesday news roundup

Posted on 01/11/2012 by Meryl Yourish

Not a very good career choice anymore: If I were an Iranian nuclear scientist, I’d be looking to defect by now. Their life spans keep getting shorter and shorter, thanks to some agency that keeps on blowing them up, or … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, briefly

Posted on 01/10/2012 by Meryl Yourish

You mean like this kind of anti-Semitism? Progressive Jews are now saying that Israel has to suck up the fact that its actions are causing anti-Semitism. So let’s hear them explain this, then: An Israeli (who denies the charge) was … Continue reading →

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Wednesday morning extra-sarcastic briefs

Posted on 01/04/2012 by Meryl Yourish

Countdown to MSM covering this discrimination in 3, 2, 1: An Israeli soldier was denied entry to a Tel Aviv club because he was wearing a kippa and refused to take it off. So, you think there will be worldwide … Continue reading →

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Time for another kick at Karl Vick

Posted on 12/30/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Remember back in November, when Time’s Israel expert, Karl Vick, wrote these words? Pay attention to the words in boldface. But what if Abbas is holding still, and Hamas is moving closer to Abbas? That’s what’s been happening, from nearly … Continue reading →

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Friday pre-three-day weekend briefs