Category Archives: Media

Post-Obamacare briefs

That new civility: “it’s Constitutional. Bitches” is the tweet sent by the executive director of the DNC. Not a staffer. Not a young intern. The man in charge of the Democratic National Committee. To quote Todd Manning from General Hospital: … Continue reading

Posted in American Scene, Israel, Media Bias, palestinian politics, Politics, United Nations | 2 Comments

Iranian anti-Semitism: Still no AP report

I guess it’s just not important enough. There’s still no AP story on the Iranian VP’s anti-Semitic speech. Reuters covered it. The AP was too busy putting out long, in-depth stories about how the PA is trying to get the … Continue reading

Posted in Anti-Semitism, Israel, Media Bias, Terrorism | Comments Off on Iranian anti-Semitism: Still no AP report

Thursday briefs

It’s a rocket-filled truce: The AP whitewashes and slants the story, as Hamas pretends to offer a truce while still firing rockets at Israeli civilians. And this used to be the lead sentence: After a deadly cross-border raid, a new … Continue reading

Posted in Anti-Semitism, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Media Bias, Middle East, Syria, Terrorism | Comments Off on Thursday briefs

Gaza attacks Israel, again

Israel should totally life the blockade. 50 aid groups demand that Israel lift the Gaza blockade. How many of those organizations are going to demand that Hamas stop shelling Israel? Palestinian terrorists in Gaza fired at least 33 rockets and … Continue reading

Posted in Gaza, Israel, Media Bias, Terrorism | Comments Off on Gaza attacks Israel, again

Monday briefs

But Israel should totally lift the Gaza blockade: PIJ terrorists killed an Israeli working on the security fence between Israel and Egypt. The Israeli’s name? Said Phashpashe. Think the AP will note that an Arab-Israeli was killed by Palestinian terrorists? … Continue reading

Posted in Hamas, Israel, Media Bias, Middle East, Terrorism, World | Comments Off on Monday briefs

Your Sunday morning AP bias

There is no story that the AP can’t immediately slant anti-Israel. First, let’s look at the story in the Israeli press: Police: Truck driver kills 2 Palestinian robbers A tow truck driver from Ashkelon shot to death two Palestinians on … Continue reading

Posted in Israel, Media Bias | 1 Comment

The biased narrative of Israel and the African refugees

The world media is having a field day with Israel’s decision to return refugees to their countries of origin. All of the reports mention the anti-refugee violence; few of them mention the brutal rapes and attacks that instigated it. And … Continue reading

Posted in Israel, Media Bias, United Nations, World | 2 Comments

Media bias? Yeah, we got that

Israel’s Comptroller’s office has determined that Israel’s response to the Marvelous Marmalade incident sucked. And here’s the all-important conclusion to the report: Lindenstrauss concluded this part of his report by recommending a comprehensive plan to improve Israel’s public diplomacy under … Continue reading

Posted in Gaza, Israel, Media Bias | Comments Off on Media bias? Yeah, we got that

Friday morning briefs

Censorship? Only Israel can censor journalists: Lori Marcus on how the PA has been silencing journalists for decades, particularly those that report the truth–a.k.a. negative stories–about the PA. And how western journalists are going along with their requests. Speaking of … Continue reading

Posted in Israel, Media Bias, Middle East, palestinian politics, Syria | 1 Comment

Thursday news roundup

Endgame for Assad? Russia is talking about allowing the Dorktator to live with them in exile. It’s apparently Kofi Annan’s idea, since he never met a ruthless dictator responsible for the massacre of thousands that he could hold accountable. And … Continue reading

Posted in Iran, Israel, Media Bias, Middle East, United Nations, World | Comments Off on Thursday news roundup

Tuesday morning political news briefs

Suck it up and pay for your own damned pensions: Scott Walker’s recall election is today, and it’s ending as ugly as it started. The unions are in full-blown panic mode, because when the government doesn’t take union dues out … Continue reading

Posted in American Scene, Anti-Semitism, Israel, Media Bias, Politics, United Nations | 2 Comments

Monday briefs

But there is no anti-Semitism in France: A mob of Muslims armed with hammers and iron bars attacked three Jews in France. But it’s anti-Zionism, not anti-Semitism, because their kippahs identified them as Israelis. Oh. Wait. And by the way, … Continue reading

Posted in Anti-Semitism, Gaza, Israel, Media Bias, Terrorism | 1 Comment

Flame on! news briefs

Angry Flame: The creators of Flame used the same programming language as did the creators of Angry Birds. It’s really not all that big a deal, and reflects more on the language (it’s easy, that’s why they used it) than … Continue reading

Posted in Iran, Israel, Media Bias, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, United Nations | Comments Off on Flame on! news briefs

The refugee problem the UN doesn’t find pressing

How many billions of dollars have gone to Palestinian “refugees” living in the Middle East? How many salaries are paid by UNRWA to descendants of Palestinian refugees from 1948? And how often do we hear that the Palestinian “refugees” are … Continue reading

Posted in Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias, World | 2 Comments

On Christian persecution in Muslim countries: Shut up, it’s still Israel’s fault

60 Minutes publishes a hatchet job on how Israel is supposedy driving out Christians, and utterly ignores stories like this one, where Egypt’s Muslims are persecuting Christians. An Egyptian court sentenced 12 Christians to life in prison and acquitted eight … Continue reading

Posted in Gaza, Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias | Comments Off on On Christian persecution in Muslim countries: Shut up, it’s still Israel’s fault