Category Archives: Media Bias

Be very, very skeptical

One of the common memes about Israel’s war against Hamas is that Israel is strengthening Hamas by causing Palestinians to rally around the terrorist group. Of course we heard this for years. It was the reason Israel couldn’t fight Fatah … Continue reading

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Did a Hamas lie find its way into a Washington Post headline?

Noah Pollak observed about a headline in the Washington Post alleging that Israel had rejected a truce with Hamas: But nothing of the sort happened; no truce has been offered by anyone involved, least of all Hamas, and there is … Continue reading

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The media assault against Israel

The American media is doing all it can to undermine Israel’s case for war. I’m not just talking about those anti-Israel bloviators whom Noah Pollak amusingly call the “juicebox mafia,” but the opinion pages of major American newspapers have been … Continue reading

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Hamas and its boosters

Ethan Bronner of the NYT reports opines at the end of his recent report (via memeorandum): There is palpable satisfaction at the moment in the Israeli government and the military because the operation so far is seen as a success. … Continue reading

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From the comments: The world’s hypocrisy

This deserves to be elevated from the comments so everyone can see it. Thanks, Charles. Just did a quick Google and came up with this recent article (from a Russian paper): Over 670 Kurdish rebels killed in Turkey this year … Continue reading

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Terrorist, policeman, …

Aside from the NYT shamelessly rewriting this story, this paragraph really bothers me. Israeli officials said that anyone linked to the Hamas security structure or government was fair game because Hamas was a terrorist group that sought Israel’s destruction. But … Continue reading

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Covering for Iran

There is no kind way to describe today’s Washington Post editorial Israel Strikes with a subtitle: Hamas suffers a serious blow — but the real winner may be Iran. ISRAEL’S AIR offensive against the Gaza Strip yesterday should not have … Continue reading

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The mainstream media: Hamas press flacks

You won’t find this quote by Ehud Olmert outside the Israeli media, at least, not at the time of this post. I can’t find it. “Israel has done all it could to preserve the ceasefire with Hamas, but our desire … Continue reading

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Lessons learned: Israel’s PR blitz

Israel did learn its lesson from the Lebanon war, and especially in regard to the Hezbullah propaganda machine. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Saturday instructed the Foreign Ministry to take emergency measures to adapt Israel’s international public relations to the … Continue reading

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The side of Bethlehem the wire services don’t show you

Here’s an interesting look at the “secure” town of Bethlehem today, and what it was like when it was under IDF control: It’s been eight years since I last set foot in Bethlehem. As a Jewish Israeli tour guide, I … Continue reading

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Hamas rockets kill their own; Israeli hospitals treat wounded Gazans

Hamas rockets killed two children in Gaza, and strangely, the media hasn’t picked up that fact and sent thousands of headlines blaring across the world. A rocket apparently fired by Palestinians on Friday struck a house in the Gaza Strip, … Continue reading

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“Alleged”

I’ve already complained about David Ignatius’s glowing puff piece about the chinless ophthalmologist of Damascus, but there was one point I missed: A relaxed Assad clearly believes that Syria is emerging from its pariah status. An international tribunal is still … Continue reading

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News media can’t slam Israel for Bethlehem this year—oh. Wait.

Instead of the “Israel is killing Christmas” stories this year, the news services are serving up a plate of “Bethlehem is going like gangbusters, BUT—Gaza really sucks, d00dz.” Witness: Christmas in Bethlehem festive, Gaza violent Christians celebrated Bethlehem’s merriest Christmas … Continue reading

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More Mideast euphemisms

There’s another entry in the annals of euphemism in Middle East reporting. The word is “study” as in: Hamas ready to study new Gaza cease-fire with Israel A headline seen in many online news stories yesterday. Here’s what it really … Continue reading

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Rocket barrages from Hamas: The Blame Israel Media steps up

Someone in the AP decided that even that news service can’t keep ignoring dozens of missiles fired at Israeli civilians. Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip bombarded southern Israel with dozens of mortars and rockets on Wednesday, sowing panic and … Continue reading

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