Category Archives: Media Bias

The my cover’s not done so I’m still here briefs

Oh, please: Naivete from an intellectual who should certainly know better. Bernard-Henri Levy on how the AP owes Jews an apology for spreading the lie that “Sam Bacile” was an Israeli and had financing from “100 Jews” for his anti-Muhammed … Continue reading

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New year, same old media bias

The AP is alerting the world that Israel is in violation of the Camp David peace treaty. Why? Because El Al doesn’t want to fly to Cairo under the current anti-Israel government. Nobody in Israel wants to fly there, and … Continue reading

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The “protest” that wasn’t and the libel that is

The so-called Islamist protests (I hate when they call a rampaging mob “protesters”) that murdered four Americans appear to be as fake as the outrage against the Mohammed cartoons. If you will recall, the cartoons had been out for months … Continue reading

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The Islamist Spring

Wow, that Arab Spring was awesome, wasn’t it? We helped Libya defeat Moammar Gadhaffi, and they helped themselves to murder our ambassador and three other Americans. Why? Because they’re pissed off at a film that insults Mohammed released by an … Continue reading

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Friday boy am I tired briefs

More rockets in Sderot, more yawns from the world: Rockets hit a home in Sderot today. Thankfully, no one was hurt. The AP barely notices it. But the news article (as well as the AFP) doesn’t note a single, extremely … Continue reading

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Rachel Corrie verdict news roundup

Israeli courts declared the IDF not at fault. Con Coughlin is getting himself in trouble by asking on his blog “What on earth was Rachel Corrie doing in front of an Israeli army bulldozer in the first place? (Read the … Continue reading

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Iran calls for Israel’s destruction, again

Think we can say they really want to destroy Israel yet? Mahmoud Ahmedinejad says that “The very existence of the Zionist regime is an insult to humanity.” Looking forward to hearing Juan Cole insist that he means it’s the government … Continue reading

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The subtle media bias of a simple image

Look at this image. Pretty straightforward, right? Wrong. (Full-size image here.) Let’s dissect it, piece by piece. 1. Biden and Obama bookend Romney and Ryan. Newspaper and magazine editors know where your eye goes first. Guess which team is in … Continue reading

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Friday briefs

Shades of 1930s Europe: Switzerland joins Germany’s war on Jews and Muslims by banning circumcision. First they ban kosher slaughter. Then they ban circumcision. Give them time, and they will ban Judaism completely. They did it before. Israel remembers the … Continue reading

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Thursday briefs

Chuck Schumer, defending Big Business against the little guy: Only he’s with the publishers and Apple who colluded to set higher prices on ebooks. He’s getting slammed at Ars Technica, even though its Apple editor wrote a fairly favorable(to Apple) … Continue reading

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OMG! Yasser Arafat was poisoned by Zionists!1!!1

Based on some Swiss doctor’s report that they found elevated levels of polonium on Arafat’s clothing, they have exhumed the mass-murderer’s body and will be testing it. Of course, the rumors that were made up by Israel’s foes are swirling … Continue reading

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Post-Obamacare briefs

That new civility: “it’s Constitutional. Bitches” is the tweet sent by the executive director of the DNC. Not a staffer. Not a young intern. The man in charge of the Democratic National Committee. To quote Todd Manning from General Hospital: … Continue reading

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Iranian anti-Semitism: Still no AP report

I guess it’s just not important enough. There’s still no AP story on the Iranian VP’s anti-Semitic speech. Reuters covered it. The AP was too busy putting out long, in-depth stories about how the PA is trying to get the … Continue reading

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Thursday briefs

It’s a rocket-filled truce: The AP whitewashes and slants the story, as Hamas pretends to offer a truce while still firing rockets at Israeli civilians. And this used to be the lead sentence: After a deadly cross-border raid, a new … Continue reading

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Gaza attacks Israel, again

Israel should totally life the blockade. 50 aid groups demand that Israel lift the Gaza blockade. How many of those organizations are going to demand that Hamas stop shelling Israel? Palestinian terrorists in Gaza fired at least 33 rockets and … Continue reading

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