Category Archives: AP Media Bias

The AP anti-Israel slant

Here’s the story: Terrorists from Gaza have been firing rockets and mortars into Israel. They shot mortars on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. They shot mortars and a kassam on Monday. The kassam rocket landed near a kindergarten as children were … Continue reading

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Whitewashing terrorists’ speech

I really do wonder, sometimes, why the AP constantly quotes Chipmunk Cheeks. They don’t pretend he wants peace, but they do have a much softer spin on what he actually said. Note the headline, which makes you think the article … Continue reading

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Wednesday, briefly

The subtle delegitimization of Israel, one article at a time: What’s missing from this AP article on the Western Wall? Any indication that the Wall is, as they now boilerplate it, “the holiest place where Jews can pray.” Now, compare … Continue reading

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Hamas’ anniversary party: Burying the lede

The AP buried the lede of the Hamas 23rd anniversary celebration in Gaza. Paragraphs 16 and 17 in an 18-graph story: In a message distributed to media Tuesday morning, Hamas said it remains committed to destroying Israel, bringing back Palestinian … Continue reading

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Your daily does of AP whitewash

This is the caption of an AP photo: Palestinian women sing while waving red flags at a rally marking the 43rd anniversary of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), in Gaza City , Saturday, Dec. 11, … Continue reading

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How can I whitewash? Let me count the ways

Just when you think the AP can’t get any better at whitewashing, you’re wrong. Over 200 mortars and rockets—including Grad rockets—have been fired from Gaza into Israel this year. So how does the AP manipulate language to make it seem … Continue reading

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Delegitimizing Israel, one sentence at a time

It’s not my imagination, it’s a real anti-Israel bias. The AP put out an update on the Israeli fires, and the overnight editor appears not to hate Israel at all. (H/T: Y from the comments.) “Fire extinguishing planes were on … Continue reading

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When a rise in unemployment is not a rise in unemployment

Observe the AP spinmeisters explaining how a more than 5% rise in unemployment is not a rise in unemployment: More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, but the broader trend in layoffs points to a slowly healing job market. … Continue reading

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Friday Israeli Double Standard Time briefs

I’m concerned that they’re concerned: Hold onto your hats. The UNHRC is expressing “deep concern” about the Iranian habit of beating, torturing, flogging, and stoning its citizens. And this year, six more states voted to be “concerned” about these evils. … Continue reading

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Wednesday briefs

Yeah, sure, okay: Iran says that it chased half a dozen foreign jets out of its airspace during air defense drills. Also, sixteen UFOs, forty-five Zionist infiltrators, and Santa Claus on an early test run of the new RoboRudolph. Oh, … Continue reading

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The It’s Tuesday briefs

Another year gone already? I don’t know what it is, but this task seems more onerous now that I’m a year older. Or maybe I’m just all tuckered out from driving back and forth to NJ twice in the last … Continue reading

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The anti-Israel bias, exposed again

In this AP article on Congress lifting the holds on sending money to the Lebanese army (and gee, having Obama assure them that the money won’t be hijacked by Hezbollah in any way sure makes me feel better, how about … Continue reading

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The whitewashing a of terrorist mass murderer

Arafat’s dead, but the tongue-baths and whitewashing live on. Wow, what a nifty-keen profile of the Yasser Arafat museum in the AP! Why, if you read this profile, you would hardly know that the biggest mass-murderer of Jews since Adolf … Continue reading

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Compare and contrast: A tale of two “protests”

The AP has two ways of describing situations: One way when Israelis are involved, and another way for everyone else. Witness: Crowd harasses UN investigators in Beirut Oh, so a crowd yelled slogans or something at UN investigators? Maybe they … Continue reading

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Briefly

Hey, can you make this headline a little more anti-Israel, please? Really. Check it out: Slain US activist’s parents face Israeli killer. It’s about the lawsuit Rachel Corrie’s parents brought against the driver of the bulldozer. The death was ruled … Continue reading

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