Category Archives: Media Bias

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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Thursday briefs

Posted on 05/02/2013 by Meryl Yourish

What media bias? Say, did you know that the Palestinian terrorist who murdered a father of five in the West Bank wasn’t imprisoned just for stone-throwing? That he actually was a terrorist trying to kill Israeli soldiers? If you read … Continue reading →

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Mideast Media Sampler – 05/01/2013 – New York Times Op-Ed Index for April, 2013

Posted on 05/01/2013 by Soccerdad

1) A Turkey-Israel Opening – Soli Ozel and Charles A. Kupchan – April 1, 2013 For the better part of a decade, Turkey and Israel have been growing apart politically. Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party has Islamist leanings; confrontation with … Continue reading →

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News and not-news

Posted on 05/01/2013 by Meryl Yourish

You know what’s news? The reaction of an Israeli town to one of their members being stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist. You know what’s not news? The killing (by stabbing to death) of an Israeli “settler” by a … Continue reading →

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Tuesday morning briefs

Posted on 04/30/2013 by Meryl Yourish

Rocket attacker, attacked by rocket: The IDF took out the rocketeer behind the last few attacks on Israel. Best news? He was a rocket builder as well as a rocketeer. Hamas’ Health Ministry identified the terrorist as Haytham Almishal, 24, … Continue reading →

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The AP: There was no anti-Muslim backlash, but there COULD have been

Posted on 04/28/2013 by Meryl Yourish

I read this AP analysis the other day and tried to figure out exactly why it bothered me. Then I realized: The theme of the article is that there is no big anti-Muslim backlash after the Boston bombers turned out … Continue reading →

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The myth of Islamophobia and the reality of Jew-hatred

Posted on 04/25/2013 by Meryl Yourish

Brendan O’Neill, a columnist for the London Telegraph, points out that there was no mob of anti-Muslim fanatics roaming the streets after the Boston bombers were found to be Muslim jihadis. He goes on to note that those who accused … Continue reading →

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Monday briefs

Posted on 04/15/2013 by Meryl Yourish

Israel’s Memorial Day: The AP, for a change, has no spin at all in this description of Israel today. It’s a miracle! Israel at 65: The AP is back to its old anti-Israel self with this article. Read it all … Continue reading →

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Thursday briefs

Posted on 04/11/2013 by Meryl Yourish

Now, with even more protesters! Maggie Thatcher’s funeral is going to be a raucous event. The more disgusting members of the U.K. left threw parties at the announcement of Thatcher’s death. Just imagine what’s going to happen now that Netanyahu … Continue reading →

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