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Your morning AP media bias

Get a load of this headline: Army says Gaza militants fire 9 rockets at Israel It’s not like the rockets were actually fired… no, the army just says so. Israel’s army says Gaza militants have fired nine rockets at Israel. … Continue reading

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Euphemism of the year: Suicide bombings are “Violent, politically motivated attacks”

The Toronto Star wins the 2008 Euphemism of the Year Award for this sentence about the Israeli separation fence: But defenders of the barrier say it has dramatically reduced the incidence of violent, politically motivated attacks launched against Israel by … Continue reading

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An open letter to the world media

Dear World Media, I know you’ve been very busy with much more important things, like Jews fighting Jews in Hebron (you really love when that happens), or Gaza banks closing due to Israel’s refusal to hand money over to Hamas … Continue reading

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Rockets and mortars fall on Israel, but no news media can hear them

Three kassam rockets and ten mortars were fired at Israel so far today. But there is nothing on AP or Reuters about the truce violation. Because, as my readers know, the truce isn’t violated by the Palestinians. It is only … Continue reading

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Iran’s Hezbollah ties, Reuters lies

It’s not just the subject of this article. The blatant Reuters whitewashing of Iranian Jew-hatred is getting so obvious, I may not be able to read Reuters for much longer. Iran, a main backer of Lebanon’s Shi’ite group Hezbollah, urged … Continue reading

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UN on Gaza: An “imminent” disaster years in the making

Let’s play a game. Guess when this article was written: Leading UN agencies are issuing increasingly dramatic warnings about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, where Israeli forces continue their search for a captured soldier, Gilad Shalit. There have also been … Continue reading

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Two questions for Charles Gibson on his interview with Obama

1.) Where are the glasses and the frown? 2.) Where are the hardball questions? Let’s face it. Charles Gibson did not do his job tonight. He had the first interview with Obama in over a month, and the toughest question … Continue reading

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The AP’s lying eyes

Who are you going to trust? The AP bias or your lying eyes? Get a load of this jaw-dropping bias in the lead: Families in this village near the Iraqi border buried loved ones Monday who they said were killed … Continue reading

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UPDATE: The AP media bias

I wrote my 1 p.m. post earlier today and scheduled it. Here’s the lead from the first version of the AP story about Tzipi Livni calling for new elections: Prime Minister-designate Tzipi Livni on Sunday abandoned her efforts to form … Continue reading

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The Pravda media

Hot on the heels of Soccer Dad’s post on the media’s anti-John McCain bias I found this little gem. Congress is about to hold hearings on the financial crisis. They want a scapegoat. They will not, of course, hold a … Continue reading

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Palestinian terrorist attack in Jerusalem, again

Another Palestinian murdered another Jew in the City of David. A young Arab man murdered a civilian and injured a police officer in Jerusalem’s Gilo neighborhood on Thursday morning. The 60-year-old citizen was critically injured and evacuated to the Shaare … Continue reading

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The news, and the truth of the Akko riots

This is what the AP writes about the current riots in Akko/Acre, a mixed Arab and Jewish town in Israel: Police say two Arab-owned apartments were torched in the Israeli town of Acre amid clashes between Jews and Arabs. Police … Continue reading

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Interesting AP note

On the eve of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish year, I can find only one AP story referring to it: The one about the Israeli version of “Big Brother” shutting down for the holiday. I have found … Continue reading

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Words of war from Iran

The AP is broadcasting only half of Iran’s ruler, Ayatollah Khameini, in this short wire service story that, unsurprisingly, is not being picked up and distributed widely. At least, not as widely as the AP’s Rosh Hashanah story, which can’t … Continue reading

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AP: Finding something to criticizen in all things Israeli

The AP couldn’t manage to write a Rosh Hashana story without criticizing Israel. Because gee, when they write Ramadan stories, the first thing they do is bemoan Muslim terrorist attacks. Oh, wait. No they don’t. Here’s what went ’round the … Continue reading

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