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 [...]
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Ahmadinejad Shut Out of NY Helmsley Hotel
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Kudos to the New York Helmsley Hotel for their moral stand in refusing to host Ahmadinejad or the Iranian Mission, as reported by the NY Post.
Several months ago, an Iranian student group had booked a banquet hall at the hotel, at which Ahmadinejad was scheduled to appear and speak. The group, United Against Nuclear Iran, informed the hotel (and threatened a boycott), which promptly canceled the reservation and issued a statement through their spokesman, which included the following:
Neither the Iranian Mission nor President Ahmadinejad is welcome at any Helmsley facility. The Helmsley organization is grateful to United Against Nuclear Iran for bringing this matter to its attention so that appropriate action could be taken.
Now, if only we could evict the United Nations next…