Category Archives: Media Bias

Wednesday afternoon briefs

The Iranian power struggle, cont’d: Pass the popcorn. Khameini and Mad Mahmoud are still at it. Whichever one wins, it’s a win for Iran’s enemies. Woot! Your daily dose of anti-Israel bias: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Blah, blah, blah. Netanyahu, bad, … Continue reading

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Briefly, explosive watermelon version

Yes, watermelons are really exploding: Watermelons are exploding in China because farmers gave them growth chemicals—and then it rained a lot. Watermelons as land mines—what a concept. Oh, look. The Palestinian elections have been postponed. Not that this will stop … Continue reading

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Lunchtime briefs

Why do one-in-five American voters now believe Osama bin Laden is still alive? Because they’re effing stupid. Seriously? Okay. Because they have shit-for-brains. (P.S.: It’s a Zogby poll, so don’t believe the figures are that high.) Claire Berlinski discovers Israeli … Continue reading

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Monday news briefing

About damn time he got it right: Word is Obama won’t focus heavily on Palestinian-Israeli peace talks as an issue for his big Middle East policy speech this week. Perhaps someone finally noticed that even though the media narrative pushes … Continue reading

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“Nakba Day” roundup, with extra added media bias

On the anniversary of Israel’s creation by the United Nations 63 years ago, the Arabs are still unwilling to accept the Jewish ties to the land of their origin. Mahmoud Abbas says he will never back down on the “right … Continue reading

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Friday news roundups

How about we just call them the Subhuman monsters now? Terrorists murdered or wounded 200 young men in Pakistan, using the flimsy excuse of “revenge”—which the media are all too eager to pass along as a reason—for bin Laden’s death. … Continue reading

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Your Thursday news roundup

And yet, the word “intolerance” is not paired with “Muslim”: The AP covers Israel’s dwindling Armenian Christian population without really mentioning the elephant in the room except in vague, generalized terms. Although the article does point out that when Jordan … Continue reading

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Wednesday briefs

More Mel Gibson schadenfreude: “The Beaver” didn’t even make the top 20. “African Cats,” a Disney documentary about lions and cheetahs that’s been out since April 22nd, beat it. “Hoodwinked Too,” the animated sequel to a Little Red Riding Hood … Continue reading

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Tuesday briefs

What? Mention Israel’s Independence Day without reference to the Palestinians? That wouldn’t be AP. Yep. “Nakba” reference at the end of the AP story on Israel’s Independence Day. Because it’s all about the Palestinians, who turned down a state in … Continue reading

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Your Friday afternoon news roundup

Well, that’ll piss off the Deathers: If al Qaeda itself says bin Laden is dead, will the lunatics stop pretending that he’s not? Of course not. It’s all U.S.-Zionist psyops. He’s a witch! Burn him! The modern state of the … Continue reading

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An AP WTF?! moment

Get a load of this gem in the AP. In a story about Jordanian police preventing the smuggling of ancient scrolls out of Jordan, we read: Ziad al-Saad says the manuscripts were reportedly found by a Bedouin. He says the … Continue reading

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Happy 10th

I have written before about my evolution as a blogger. But that was mostly a history of the media I used. Not the activism I practiced. I guess it started in 1987, when I got my first letter to the … Continue reading

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Religion of Peace™ roundup

No, really, Islam is tolerant of other religions: Indonesian police found a 330-pound bomb underneath a gas line near a church. Think of the extra deviousness of placing the bomb next to a gas line. The death toll during this … Continue reading

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Thursday news roundup

Goldstone commision to Israel: Oh, please. The fix was in, deal with it. Three of Dickie Goldstone’s compatriots took out an unpaid ad in the Guardian to effectively say, “Neener neener neener, we’re not wro-ong! Am not am not am … Continue reading

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Israelis Care

With all of the world’s attention focused on fighting, attacks on school buses, Israeli attempts to stop them, rockets launched against Israeli targets and Israeli attempts to stop them, little attention is given to Israel’s contributions in the world. All … Continue reading

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