Category Archives: Media

AP bias surge

The AP sent out a story with this despicable headline, which some headline writer presumably thought was a clever turn of phrase: Iraq: Surge Of Suicide Blasts Kills 27 Get it? U.S. surge of troops, terrorist surge of suicide bombings. … Continue reading

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Proof of life from Gilad Shalit

Color me shocked. I thought he was dead, and frankly, still think he may be. I don’t trust Hamas at all. But Hamas released a tape by Gilad Shalit. An Israeli soldier captured a year ago by militants from Gaza … Continue reading

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The AP difference

The difference betwen editorial shifts is obvious. Check out these passages in an AP story written by Amy Teibel, and edited by God knows who—they’re actually telling the truth about terrorists for a change. Deposed Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh … Continue reading

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Hamas imprisoning Gazans; Israel blamed

Buried deeply within this AP story about Gazans trying to flee to Israel at the Erez crossing is this information: In related news, Hamas have deployed gunmen along the 8-mile border road separating Egypt from Gaza, and at the Rafah … Continue reading

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Uzi Mahnaimi and his lies about Israel

Every time this dipshit publishes a piece about Israel’s war plans, the blogosphere and the media are abuzz with the rumors of war. Joe’s Dartblog put paid to this man’s reputation in a well-researched post months ago. From Mr. Mahnaimi … Continue reading

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The Reuters media spin in action

So, have you been keeping up with the war in Lebanon? Interesting, isn’t it, how the media isn’t sending out six thousand screaming headlines per day, plus all-news, all-the-time on cable stations—because it isn’t Israel involved. Funny how they keep … Continue reading

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NY Times sort of backs Israel

Check the air for flying pigs, because the New York Times is taking Israel’s side on an issue. Okay, they really should be backing Israel in this instance, because journalists and academics are supposed to be bias-free, impartial automatons (or … Continue reading

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AP “centrist” party watch

Here it is again. Ayalon, 61, has pledged to lead the centrist Labor out of its year-old partnership with Olmert if the prime minister’s Kadima Party does not choose a new leader. Notes: The AP has not yet given Kadima … Continue reading

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Gullibility of fools?

A person’s power of self-persuasion is nothing short of miraculous. Watching the comedy unfolding in the Hay festival with the new darling of the British press, one Ghazi Hamad, I really do not know whether to laugh or to cry. … Continue reading

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Reframing Israel’s politics: AP says Labor is “centrist”

Did you know that the Labor party is centrist? The AP sure thinks so. Polls showed the five-way race being a tossup between former Prime Minister Ehud Barak and political newcomer Ami Ayalon, a dovish former internal security agency head. … Continue reading

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The anti-Israel media bias, again

Someone at the Houston Chronicle editorial desk doesn’t like Israel. You could possibly get more biased than this headline. But I don’t see how. Israel’s retaliatory airstrike in Gaza kills 2 Can’t find that headline anywhere else in Google News, … Continue reading

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Charles is right: VOA is now anti-Israel

The Voice of America is supposed to be a relatively unbiased, if not pro-America, news site. I’ve quoted it from time to time. Yesterday, Charles pointed out an extremely slanted VOA piece on the poll of American Muslims. He’s not … Continue reading

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A news quiz

A multiple choice question for you all. 1) The IDF fired into a crowd of terrorists; eight people were killed. Hamas, of course, claims they were all civilians (which is uncritically repeated by the media). 2) The Lebanese army fought … Continue reading

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Another one doing a Gibson?

There is no such thing as bad publicity, they say. Whoever they may be, they are unquestionably right. Mel Gibson has proved it exceedingly well, making an outlandish and, as most viewers agree, boring opus into a center of a … Continue reading

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Tired of the anti-Israel media bias

Here, go read this Ynet article, which says all of the things I usually say about the worldwide media. WASHINGTON – Qassam attacks on Sderot have received very little coverage in world media, despite the heavy barrages that have been … Continue reading

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