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: AP Media Bias
AP anti-Israel bias in screaming evidence
Today’s lesson in media bias: Watch a wire service outright lie to its readers. First up, the Saudi peace initiative, which is essentially dead in the water due to the Arabs’ insistence that Israel agree to it before they can … Continue reading
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An almost-good article from AP
Either I’m too tired to see the bias, or this one has very little. Israelis Snub Senior Norwegian Diplomat Israel’s foreign ministry canceled a planned Tuesday meeting with a top Norwegian diplomat in a sign of displeasure the day after … Continue reading
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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
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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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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
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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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The AP minimizes Judaism’s holiest site
The AP joins Reuters in downplaying the holiness of the Temple Mount to the world’s Jews. Find for me, please, the part in the lede that identifies the Temple Mount as either the site of the two Temples, or Judaism’s … Continue reading
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The wire services: Media outlets with no shame
So, let’s take the word “truce.” It generally means a cessation of hostilities. Both sides agree to stop killing each other. Right? Right. A truce is when people actually stop, you know, shooting. Now let us take this AP headline: … Continue reading
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Thrice failed
AP wasn’t my personal cup of tea, there are people who are much better in this specific subject. But I have stumbled by accident on an article Palestinian bomber had lost his daughter by one Sarah El Deeb, AP writer. … Continue reading
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AP-speak: Bombing and murder are not truce violations
So what, exactly, does it take to violate a truce, according to the AP? The agreement between the Palestinian factions came as a two-month truce between the Palestinians and Israel in Gaza was jeopardized by a Palestinian suicide bombing, the … Continue reading
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AP – moral relativism and body count
This is not a good day to squabble about politics or to nitpick. But this headline by AP got up my nose: Suicide bombing kills 4 in Israel I thought that another Israeli died since the bombing and looked closer … Continue reading
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The AP: A terrorist’s best friend
I really don’t understand how the AP can claim objectivity with a straight face: Islamic Jihad militants launched homemade rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip on Sunday in retaliation for Israel’s continuing military operations against their group in the … Continue reading
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AP – surely it is not a blooper?
Man beheaded in southern Thailand This is a headline of an AP news item (via CNN). A Buddhist man in restive southern Thailand was beheaded by suspected Muslim insurgents who left a note by the body warning Buddhists to leave … Continue reading
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The Israeli press reports what the world press will not
Ha’aretz has an analysis of the current “violence” between the palestinian factions, and calls it what it is: Civil war. “Civil war” is an apt description for what is now taking place in the Gaza Strip. For a number of … Continue reading
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A tale of two battles
Two battles took place on Thursday. One was in Gaza, one was in Ramallah. Guess which one gets the worldwide headlines? BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip (AP) – A senior Palestinian security officer was killed in an attack Thursday just moments … Continue reading
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