How’s this for an objective news source?
Rice pushes for peace progress; Israel denies hidden agenda
No bias there. Nope. None at all.
Nor is there any bias in this article, about Hamas offering free rides to fuel-starved Gazans. Here are the first three grafs that will show up in your local paper’s World News section:
The ruling Hamas party started using police cars on Sunday to ferry Palestinians around the Gaza Strip because of severe fuel shortages.
Orange stickers reading, “We are ready to drive you for free,” were affixed to blue units of the Hamas-run police force.
Israel has restricted fuel supplies to Gaza in an attempt to pressure Palestinian militants to halt their rocket barrages at nearby Israeli communities.
And here’s graf four, that gets cut out of most of them:
Although Hamas complains bitterly about fuel shortages, the militant group is widely believed that it has hoarded supplies for its own use — especially now that it is offering its vehicles to ferry people for free.
Funny how if something were “widely believed” about Israel, it’d be pushed in screaming headlines. But when Palestinian and Israeli sources point out that Hamas is confiscating fuel from hospitals for its own use, it’s not a story in the AP.
This article is practically a press release for Hamas.
Many residents, hit by lack of other transport, were just grateful for the service.
Suzan Salman, a 48, used one of the police cars to take her to a downtown hospital, where her daughter had just given birth. “It’s good that we have somebody who cares about us,” the grandmother said.
“We are here to serve our people,” said Mohammed Hamza, a 25-year-old Hamas policeman.
Transport has come to a near halt in Gaza since Israel reduced supplies of gasoline and diesel fuel.
Way to go, AP. I see you also mentioned that Gaza fuel distributors are refusing to deliver fuel, or that Hamas is stealing it. Boilerplates are apparently only for Israeli actions (xxxx Palestinians have been killed since yyyy date). Negative facts about Palestinians? Down the memory hole.