Category Archives: AP Media Bias

The Syrian “peace” talks

I’m only a tiny bit worried about the talks with Syria, because they’re going to fail. And they’re going to fail, because I doubt Syria will cut ties with terrorists and Iran, which is a deal-breaker for Israel. Foreign Minister … Continue reading

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Does AP stand for “All Palestinian”?

Get a load of this “objective” piece the AP released on the “nakba” celebrations. It’s graf after graf of opinion masquerading as fact. Palestinians marked the 60th anniversary of their uprooting with rallies, sirens and black balloons Thursday – an … Continue reading

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Your anti-Israel media bias at work

A 70-year-old woman was murdered by a PIJ kassam rocket, aided and abetted by the terrorist government of the Palestinians. There is almost no notice of it in the major media outlets. The AP barely mentions it in the lede … Continue reading

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Biased AP headline of the day

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 … Continue reading

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The AP bias in clear evidence

Look at these two articles from the AP on the most recent terrorist attack in Israel: Israeli military says 2 Israelis dead in shooting A Palestinian militant shot and killed two Israeli security guards early Friday in a factory on … Continue reading

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Let’s give the AP a lesson in news angle

The AP has a story about the UN cutting off food distribution in Gaza. Why? Because they can’t get fuel to distribute the food. Why? Because Hamas is stealing half the fuel, and refusing to deliver the other half. But … Continue reading

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Hamas and the lies of the truce

It’s amazing—or probably not, having been analyzing media reports on Israel for years—that the media simply cannot come out and say that the attack by Hamas on the Kerem Shalom border crossing yesterday proves that Hamas is utterly uninterested in … Continue reading

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The double standard: Israeli and Palestinian casualties

It’s astonishing—or perhaps not—how often the words “youths” and “children” are used when describing Palestinian casualties, civilian or otherwise. A 19-year-old Palestinian injured in battle with the IDF is often called a “youth,” even if the 19-year-old was actually working … Continue reading

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Defining deviancy down

Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously coined the phrase “defining deviancy down” to accept more and more violent behavior. The news media seem to have that concept down perfectly when it comes to Israel. Always, when Israel launches offensives against terrorists—and always, … Continue reading

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AP reads my blog; fixes bias in article

I’m telling you, someone over there is reading my blog. The updated story has fixed some of the more egregiously slanted bits. They’ve made the lede far more objective, identified the Israeli victims as civilians, and lowered the anti-Israel rhetoric … Continue reading

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AP anti-Israel bias gets worse

The AP editors spin the attack on Israel as—wait for it—retaliatory strikes by Israel. Watch as the editors change the story’s angle in as little as two hours. First version: Apr 9, 11:03 AM (ET) By YANIV ZOHAR Palestinian Attack … Continue reading

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Don’t trust anyone over 30

Peace Now turns 30 this year, and the AP uses the occasion to (of course) blame Israel for the failure to achieve peace. In the square where Yitzhak Rabin was slain, Peace Now marked a bittersweet milestone Tuesday: Over the … Continue reading

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Hamas snipers miss a Minister

Palestinian snipers fired on farmers and, well, anyone else within sight of their scopes. Gee. Wonder where they got the high-powered sniper rifles and scopes? In any case, they almost hit an Israeli minister. And they’re claiming to be al … Continue reading

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What’s missing from the AP coverage of Al Qaeda?

Funny, but there’s a really huge part of a story that broke yesterday that the AP didn’t feel worth covering. Reuters did. Oh, they buried the quote halfway down the story, and they titled it “Zawahri says bin Laden in … Continue reading

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Meanwhile, in more truce news

Let’s take a look at how the “truce” is going, shall we? Mortars: Check. Two residents of the western Negev neighborhood of Netiv Ha’asara were lightly wounded Tuesday morning by mortar fire from the Gaza Strip. The two were taken … Continue reading

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