The Catmage Chronicles
Andy thought he was going crazy when a talking cat showed up at his front door. He couldn’t have been more wrong.Goldeneyes is a Catmage – a cat with human intelligence and magical abilities. Andy is an eighth grader who is smart, impulsive, and trying to avoid the school bully at all costs. A prophecy threw them together. There’s just one problem: Goldeneyes can’t stand humans.The Catmage world is heading toward war. Goldeneyes and Andy must try to stop the enemy from getting stronger. And they must save a powerful Catmage who’s been kidnapped. For Goldeneyes, it’s personal. That Catmage is her grandmother.Andy and Goldeneyes must try to put aside their differences. If they can’t, the enemy will soon be too powerful to defeat…
Category Archives: Media
Egypt discriminates against Christians; world yawns
Egypt is not allowing 2,000 Coptic Christians to make their annual Easter pilgrimage to Jerusalem due to trumped-up spying charges. Will the world rise up against this religious discrimination the way they do when Israel refuses to allow terrorists to … Continue reading
Posted in Israeli Double Standard Time, Media Bias, Religion 6 Comments
Undressing the king
Of course, it is not about a member of the Royal family, what, are you totally bonkers? It is about the one and the only Michael Moore, the king of a new cinema genre defined by NYT as “tweaked documentary”. … Continue reading
Posted in Media Bias, Politics 1 Comment
Once more, with bias
The Reuters version: Israel kills Islamic Jihad commanders in W.Bank Near Jenin’s refugee camp, an Israeli undercover unit ambushed a car in which Ashraf al-Saadi, described by Islamic Jihad as a commander in its armed wing in the West Bank, … Continue reading
Posted in AP Media Bias, Israel, Media Bias 2 Comments
IDF leaves Nablus, which it invaded for no reason: AP
If you were to read this story, you’d really wonder what the hell Nablus had done to deserve being invaded by the IDF. The Israeli army pulled its troops and armored vehicles out of the West Bank city of Nablus … Continue reading
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Sound the bell again, professor
It is an old story, and I don’t know its source: A professor of anthropology visits a Bedouin camp to investigate this or another habit of the tribe. Feeling thirsty, he looks around for a well and finds it. Near … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Media Bias, Politics 3 Comments
If a Quartet issues a statement that nobody likes….
The Quartet released a statement that can apparently be read in Humpty Dumpty-ese: “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone. “It means just what I choose it to mean – neither more or less.” … Continue reading
Posted in Hamas, Israel, Media Bias 1 Comment
Reuters ignores Judaism’s ties to the Temple Mount
In the worst example of Reuters bias I have ever seen, Mohammed Assadi makes it through an entire article about the Temple Mount dig without once mentioning the Temple Mount, save for a brief mention of a vague “religious compound.” … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Media Bias, Religion 1 Comment
Media bias, Violence edition
What’s missing from this headline? Thai Military Says 3 Held Over Violence That would be the description of the “violence.” It was 29 bombings in 45 minutes that murdered 8 and wounded more than 70 people in Southern Thailand, where … Continue reading
Posted in Media Bias, Religion, Terrorism 1 Comment
Wire service accuracy report cards
One week after my letters to AP and Reuters pointing out their error in identifying the Western Wall as “Judaism’s holiest site,” we have this from AP: The archaeological dig is taking place about 60 yards away from the Al … Continue reading
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AP’s bias and twisting is everywhere…
Ricky Martin has his gift-kaffiyeh tied a little too tight, and gives Bush the finger over the Iraq War and Puerto Rican rights. AP never misses an opportunity to twist the issues: The United States seized Puerto Rico in 1898 … Continue reading
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Changing the wire services, one story at a time
Yesterday, after reading several days’ worth of AP and Reuters articles incorrectly identifying Judaism’s holiest site as the Westen Wall, I sent an email to each of the services. Here’s the one the AP received: Dear editor, The AP is … Continue reading
Posted in AP Media Bias, Israel, Media Bias, Religion 5 Comments
Fixed in AP
I wrote to AP and Reuters yesterday about the errors they made in describing the Western Wall as Judaism’s holiest site. Fixed in AP: The Old City hilltop compound has been a catalyst for earlier rounds of Israel-Palestinian fighting. It … Continue reading
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How the world media minimizes Israel’s Jewishness
I thought I’d see what Google News had to show me about the number of media outlets correctly proclaiming the Temple Mount Judaism’s holiest site. I used the exact search phrase “Judaism’s holiest site.” Here’s what came up: The AP, … Continue reading
Posted in Media Bias, Religion 10 Comments
CNN joins the Temple Mount bandwagon
CNN tries to get it right, but once again emphasizes the Muslim ties to the Temple Mount and ignore Judaism’s. JERUSALEM (CNN) — An Israeli-Arab legislator Friday helped negotiate an end to a standoff between Palestinians and police at a … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Media Bias, Religion 3 Comments
The AFP joins the “Downplay the holiness of the Temple Mount to Jews” party
The AFP has done the expected and also downplayed the significance and holiness of the Temple Mount to Jews. That’s three for three. Time to check for UPI’s version. The site, venerated by Muslims as the third holiest site in … Continue reading
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