Category Archives: AP Media Bias

The AP whitewash of the week

I was under the weather the last 24 hours, which precluded me from posting on this little tidbit I found yesterday, on a story about new negotations for Gilad Shalit’s release: The militant group is leading the negotiations, demanding the … Continue reading

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Killing terrorists is an obstacle to peace

The AP doesn’t use quite the langue of this post title, but it’s close enough: Israeli troops killed two senior Hamas militants in an early-morning raid in the West Bank city of Hebron on Friday, the Israeli military and Hamas … Continue reading

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AP anti-Israel bias: Today, WITHOUT the editorializing

The AP updated its mosque arson story—without editorializing. Amazingly, there are reporters at the AP (who are not named Mohammed Daraghmeh) that can report the Israeli condemnations of the mosque arson without adding an anti-Israel spin to the reasons behind … Continue reading

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Your Tuesday Israel snark briefs

Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye: Israel deported the viciously anti-Israel “Nobel laureate” (as the AP continually reminds us) Mairead Corrigan Maguire. Of course, the IRA is still blowing stuff up, but hey, she won … Continue reading

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Your daily dose of anti-Israel bias

Get a load of this one from the AP. They’re not even trying to hide the anti-Israel editorializing anymore. Arsonists torched a mosque in a West Bank village Monday, scrawling “revenge” on a wall in Hebrew and charring copies of … Continue reading

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Monday briefly

I’m not an analyst, nor do I play one on TV, BUT: It seems to me that if the Taliban hits NATO convoys four times after Pakistan shut down a key border crossing, the Taliban is doing this with the … Continue reading

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Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! At Raceway Snarks!

We want the fox to guard the henhouse, too: Syria wants Turkey to mediate any new indirect peace talks between Syria and Israel. Said an Israeli spokesman: My, Grandma—what big teeth you have! The anti-Israel media bias in bloom: When … Continue reading

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Check the air for flying pigs

Someone please let me know if they see any airborne Porky Pigs. Because I’m not quite sure I’m really reading this: Clinton said in her in-flight remarks that if the negotiating agenda is sequenced correctly and pursued successfully, settlements could … Continue reading

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Briefly

It’s the Islamism, stupid: But I thought they’re terrorists because they’re poor, unemployed, and oppressed! The head of France’s counterespionage agency said that France foiled a terror attack aimed at an IDF fundraiser (uh… the IDF has fundraisers?) in Paris. … Continue reading

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The Netanyahu narrative: He doesn’t really want peace

The anti-Israel (and anti-Bibi) narrative continues. In this AP peace processs analysis, the writer reports about critics on “both sides,” and yet, it is Netanyahu who is slammed throughout. Witness: Analysts on both sides questioned the ability and desire of … Continue reading

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If it’s Sunday, this must be media bias

Can the AP ever hold the bias? Ever? Regarding Bibi Netanyahu’s proposal to meet with Abbas every two week, the AP writes: The Israeli leader’s proposal appears to indicate that he is serious about the talks and won’t allow them … Continue reading

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The subtle anti-Israel bias of the mainstream media

Check out this description in an AP article about a 3,500-year-old Egyptian trading post. See if you can detect the incredibly subtle anti-Israel bias: The settlement sheds light on ancient Egypt’s Second Intermediate Period (1600-1569 B.C.), when the Egyptian pharaohs … Continue reading

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The starving Gazan myth respun

Piggybacking on the latest media spin that Gazans weren’t really starving, but they’re being humiliated, the AP puts out a story about the narrative being challenged. The AP does its job perfectly, making sure that you realize that the Gaza … Continue reading

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The evolution of the AP Israel bias: Updates

Sunday morning, the AP released an article about the upcoming peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, and updated it throughout the day. The first version bore a timestamp at My Way News of 6:49 a.m. Eastern Time. The second … Continue reading

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The AP: Back to its normal anti-Israel bias

The AP bias returns: In this article about Lebanon attempting to “reassure” Congress that Hezbullah has nothing at all to do with its army, the AP describes the Lebanese ambush on the IDF as follows: The Congressman Berman said his … Continue reading

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