Category Archives: Media Bias

Ressurection of Muhammad Al Durrah?

(An addendum to that excellent compilation by Soccer Dad.) The case of Muhammad Al Durrah, the Gazan boy allegedly killed by IDF during a stone-throwing episode and made into a symbol of Intifada, is slowly unraveling, it seems. The raw … Continue reading

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Terrorist vs. terrorist

Hamas killed seven and wounded 85 in a rally for Yasser Arafat yesterday. Today, they’re making mass arrests. Yeah, that freedom that they promised the Palestinians? Not seeing it yet. Hamas security forces moved swiftly against their Fatah rivals in … Continue reading

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Saudi king insults everyone’s intelligence in Britain

Saudi King Abdullah spoke to the BBC before his trip to Britain and made some amazingly hypocritical statements. Of course, the Beeb couldn’t be expected to call him on them, as the formerly great kingdom submits to the current Kingdom, … Continue reading

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Palestinians kills Palestinians, world yawns

So while Abbas and Qurei and various other Palestinian leaders drone on about final status issues, Jerusalem, insisting on moving back to the 1949 Armistice lines (a.k.a. “pre-1967 borders”), UN resolutions, yadda yadda, blah blah blah, ad nauseum, the Palestinians, … Continue reading

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“Pravda” means “truth”?

At least this is what your Russian-English dictionary will tell you. Not from my experience, though. Recently, while following a link from Olly’s Onions, I have stumbled upon an amazing pair of articles in Pravda. One that explains how American … Continue reading

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Palestinians: Israeli occupation was better than Hamas rule

Palestinians are so tired of Hamas they’re longing for the good old days of Israeli occupation: Asked a routine question about the 2006 Palestinian elections yesterday, Khaled abu Ahmed slipped off his sandal and used it to beat his head … Continue reading

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Al Dura hoax about to be unmasked?

The French appellate judge asked France 2 to hand over the unedited footage of the supposed shooting death of Mohammed Al-Dura, one of the icons of the Palestinian propaganda machine. PJM PARIS….FLASH: The French Appellate court trial of Phillippe Karsenty … Continue reading

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AFP still mad that Israel won’t reveal state secrets

The AFP is still writing stories about how Israel refuses to divulge state secrets to AFP reporters. JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel on Wednesday maintained an official blackout on an apparent strike by its warplanes on Syria, amid reports that the … Continue reading

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Reuters not happy that Israel won’t commit suicide

Reuters is spinning the talks between Abbas and Olmert as Israel “resisting” the Palestinians. Why? Because Israel is insisting that the Palestinians actually do something before Israel gives them what they want. You know, like stop terror and incitement and … Continue reading

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Media bias: Kassam attack update

The AP headline has changed, there’s a new author, the boilerplates remain, and the lede is different, but the spin remains the same: Rocket Wounds Dozens of Israeli Troops Sep 11, 7:58 AM (ET) By YANIV ZOHAR ZIKIM, Israel (AP) … Continue reading

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NY Times notices Hamas brutality

Now that it’s journalists being beaten, the Times (and the Times-own IHT) is noticing that Hamas is beating Palestinians when they don’t like what they do. During the first Fatah protest rally at Friday prayers here late last month, a … Continue reading

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Feel the Frog anger

The AFP is so pissed off that Israeli officials won’t leak secret information, it practically leaps off the monitor. JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli officials Sunday maintained an uncharacteristic veil of silence over Syrian reports that Israeli warplanes violated its airspace. … Continue reading

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The Israel Darfur double standard, continued

A couple of weeks ago, all of the major media outlets picked up the story that Israel was sending some Sudanese refugees back to Egypt, where they had fled the cruel treatment and substandard Egyptian hospitality. The world media was … Continue reading

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BBC lies about Hezbollah

Mike covers the story, so I don’t have to: It is, of course, impossible to ascertain how many of the Lebanese casualties were civilian and how many were Hezbollah, given that Hezbollah hid and fought among civilians, its fighters often … Continue reading

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CNN’s Jewish prejudice?

Funny. Christiane Amanpour’s moral equivalence-fest, the so-called “God’s Warriors” shows, were repeated both nights this weekend. And both times, the show that’s on first is “God’s Jewish Warriors.” It’s on at 9 p.m. Since it’s a two-hour show, next up, … Continue reading

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