Category Archives: Media Bias

The All-Palestinian spin machine

Let’s compare and contrast. First, the new offer from Israel, which will actually included the words “1967 lines,” as the Palestinians and Obama administration have been demanding, according to the Jerusalem Post. Note that even though this is the Israeli … Continue reading

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The Asinine Press strikes again

Lebanese troops fired on Israeli troops across the border today. The AP liberally quotes Lebanese sources, barely quotes Israelis, and portrays the history this way: The violence stoked new tensions on the volatile frontier where Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah militants … Continue reading

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Israel, dinosaurs, Amy Winehouse and pathetic shits

So here I was perusing a steamy pile of virtual excrement titled Israel, Dinosaurs, and Amy Winehouse. The link to it was sent by a friend (thanks, friend!), who added a sentence mentioning pathetic shits or something in that vein. … Continue reading

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Friday briefs

So how’s that outreach working for you, Obama? Iran is helping al Qaeda murder people all over the world. Awesome. Maybe Obama might want to put some preconditions on talking to Iran now, like, say, “Stop funding international terrorist organizations … Continue reading

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A little AP media bias to get your day going

The AP editors made an interesting change in a story yesterday. Note the difference. The first version: Hezbollah warns Israel against ‘stealing’ gas Hezbollah’s leader is warning Israel against “stealing” Lebanon’s natural oil and gas resources. A dispute is building … Continue reading

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The anti-Israel media bias, Turkey edition

Let’s take a quick look at the AP News Values and Principles, as stated on their website. That means we abhor inaccuracies, carelessness, bias or distortions. Now let’s take a look at the story the AP sent over the wires … Continue reading

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Back to the news briefs

A classic case of Israeli derangement syndrome: A New Zealand newspaper slimed the dead by claiming that one of the Israeli backpackers killed in the Christchurch earthquake was a Mossad spy. He wasn’t. But that didn’t stop the New Zealand … Continue reading

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Thou Shalt Not Defy The Narrative On Israel

The Associated Press covered a poll of incredible significance affecting Israeli-Palestinian peace. In it, we discover that Israelis are deeply divided about a law that allows West Bank Israelis to sue other Israelis who organize boycotts against them and hurt … Continue reading

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Yourish.com: We get results

The AP’s third update of the Lebanon-Israel clash over maritime borders is the fairest of them all. The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday approved a proposed maritime boundary line with Lebanon — setting up a new conflict over huge natural gas … Continue reading

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The AP is withholding facts about Israel–again

Israel is setting its maritime border. This is incredibly important, because enormous natural gas fields have been discovered in the Mediterranean sea off Israel’s borders. Naturally, Lebanon is already claiming that Israel is violating Lebanese territory. But Lebanon will not … Continue reading

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Ah, the good old AP whitewash routine

Yesterday, Israeli drones killed a couple of Palestinian terrorists who were trying to fire rockets into Israel. And while even the AP couldn’t find people to insist they were farmers, or boys collecting scrap metal, the AP did manage to … Continue reading

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The Officer Krupke defense

It’s amazing what you find when clicking around due to a Google News link. Edmonton is currently undergoing the highest murder rate in the nation, and the “experts” are just flailing away at the reasons why. Here’s my favorite part: … Continue reading

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Jolly Roger strikes again – after a decent interval

I am sure that by now the subject has almost exhausted itself. After all, how can the two or three readers of this blog* be interested by the jolly Roger of NYT after a series of posts on same? But … Continue reading

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Monday morning briefs

Amir Peretz: Too stupid to read a newspaper these days. Seriously? He want to turn Israel back into a welfare state? Because that’s working so well for Greece. And Europe. And California. Sure. That’s the economic model that’s so successful, … Continue reading

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That’s why we call it Israeli Double Standard Time

Let’s take another look at the AP news story on the Syrian border incursion from Sunday. Israeli troops on Sunday battled hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters who tried to burst across Syria’s frontier with the Golan Heights, killing a reported 20 … Continue reading

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