Rafael Broch published an article in the Guardian essentially yelling "stop the madness" and trying to call attention to the actual facts in this apartment dispute case, none of which even remotely resemble the story hyped up in the media. »
Archive for August 7th, 2009
RNC Outfoxes DNC
As part of my post on the recent coordination of the Democrats’ scare tactics, I mentioned how the DNC put out a television ad with the following script: Narrator: The right-wing extremist Republican base is back. Birther crackpot at town meeting: He is not an American citizen! Narrator: They lost the election. They lost... »
Democrat Scare Tactics
The quick rollout of the Democrats fear machine against legitimate protests taking place across the nation in astounding numbers is not something to take lightly or underestimate. This new scare tactic of the Democrats in trying to paint those opposed to their rush job on health care as part of “an angry mob” and... »
HRW’s Gaza Rockets Report Raises Questions
Human Rights Watch recently filed a report which, interestingly enough, on the face of it seems to stand for human rights as it condemns Hamas for firing rockets deliberately and indiscriminately at Israeli cities. Underneath the surface, though, are many questions. NGO monitor lists 6 questions regarding the report. »

I previously posted about the latest rash of scandalous photos coming out of Afghanistan showing U.S. military atrocities under Obama’s command, and wondering if the media would pick up on it the way they did when it was Bush’s army… Well, here’s a twist I wasn’t expecting: yes, one of the U.S. media, Rolling Stone, [...]
Jeffrey Goldberg, a correspondent for the Atlantic, cast a spotlight on yet another disgustingly overt example of pure bias in the mainstream media, particularly at the anti-Semitic Reuters newswire. He points to a Reuters news item which contains the following despicable sentences: Police said it was a “terrorist attack” — Israel’s term for a Palestinian [...]
In the [sparse] reporting of the Palestinians’ massacre of the Fogel family, several newspapers stand out with their distorted sense of “balance”, i.e., where they feel overwhelmingly uncomfortable describing the barbarity of the Palestinians without at least taking a swipe or two at the Israelis, no matter how patently irrelevant or disgustingly disrespectful it comes [...]