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- Syrian Slander
March 9, 2010Immediately following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, Israel flew an incredible amount of doctors and equipment there (more so than any other country, proportionately speaking)—some of the best and most advanced technology—and made an incredible difference in the aftermath. While most critics of Israel at least acknowledged the humanitarianism and generosity of the country, there are [...]
- More Blatant Reuters Bias
March 5, 2010I couldn’t help but seethe as I read a recent “news alert” from Reuters AlertNet, loaded with an unbelievable amount of spin and bias. The story involves Muslims hurling rocks at Jews from above, as the Jews pray below harmlessly at the Western Wall. Note that these large rocks (sometimes euphemized as “stones”) can cause—and have [...]
- Dubai Police Chief Should “Be Ashamed” Of His Moral Confusion
February 28, 2010CNN is reporting that the Dubai police chief said that the Mossad “needs to be ashamed” after the assassination Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. His statement was: The Mossad needs to be ashamed of its actions… They sent 26, 27 persons to assassinate one man who was involved in the capturing and killing of two Israeli solders. So, let me [...]
- The Epitome of Hypocrisy
February 24, 2010Naked Emperor News has compiled what has to be one of the most hearty meals of crow that the Dems are going to have to eat right now, as they all continue to babble on about using the “nuclear option” to ram their corpulent health care obscenity through Congress. This beautiful compilation includes an all-star cast [...]
- Muslim Students at UC Irvine Twist “Free Speech”
February 21, 2010About two weeks ago, Michael Oren, the Israeli ambassador to the United States came to the University of California at Irvine to speak, by invitation of the university’s faculty. Muslim hecklers in the crowd interrupted him almost a dozen times, to the point where Professor Mark Petracca, chairman of the university’s Political Science department, issued [...]
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More Blatant Reuters Bias
I couldn’t help but seethe as I read a recent “news alert” from Reuters AlertNet, loaded with an unbelievable amount of spin and bias. The story involves Muslims hurling rocks at Jews from above, as the Jews pray below harmlessly at the Western Wall. Note that these large rocks (sometimes euphemized as “stones”) can cause—and... »
AP: “Anti-Palin”
Apparently AP stands for more than just “Associated Press” these days. I recently posted about James Taranto’s critique of the AP’s critique of Sarah Palin’s new book. Actual critique aside, FOXNews points out that the AP, the “Anti-Palin”, has dedicated eleven reporters to fact-checking Sarah Palin’s new book, whereas they never at all bothered to fact-check recent... »
FOXNews – White House Detente
Politico has been all over a story today regarding the news that the White House is finally granting an interview to FOXNews. First, it was leaked, then passively denied by the White House, then confirmed by FOXNews, then admitted by the White House. Sure, it’s an interview conducted in a series of interviews being granted... »
AP Reviews Palin’s New Book
James Taranto writes a great piece today in his “Best of the Web” on a recent review of Sarah Palin’s new book, Going Rogue, by a whole slew of AP reporters: It’s said that Sarah Palin had help writing her new book, “Going Rogue.” Not nearly as much help, though, as the Associated Press’s Calvin... »
Obama Fights Losing Battle With FOX News
It seems to have become “official” in the last few weeks. Obama and his administration have decided to vilify and ostracize Fox News, the nations premier news organization boasting viewer ratios of 2:1 and greater over most other news channels, and viewers from every part of the political spectrum. With those numbers, this is one... »
A Technical Glitch With Amazing Precision
I’ve been working in the technology industry all my life and I have yet to encounter a “technical glitch” with this amazing level of precision. The Guardian, a newspaper not exactly known for ever having anything nice to say about Israel, published a listing of what it referred to as “every peace prize winner ever”... »
Dead Palestinians Only Matter If Killed By Israel
I recently posted about an incident in Gaza where Palestinians clashed with one another, resulting in 28 Palestinians killed and more than 120 wounded. Tim Marshall, the foreign affairs editor at Sky News, took an obvious, but always interesting, perspective on this story when he recently blogged about the double standard that exists in which dead Palestinians... »
The New York Times: Just the Facts?
New York Times coverage often supports the Palestinian narrative without placing events in greater context. Headlines, eyewitness accounts, and images depicted the Gaza conflict as Israeli aggression against Palestinian civilians. Settlements are misrepresented by having images of tiny outposts accompany articles about settlements. Issues such as Palestinian incitement are downplayed or ignored. »
God, Guns, Guts, and American Pickup Trucks
If I needed a pickup truck, I think I would actually go all the way out to Missouri just to give this principled, intelligent guy, Mark Muller, and his company, Max Motors, my business (as well as to shake his hand and give him some respect for not letting CNN step all over him): »
Dan Rather In The News Again
This is some hilarious commentary from James Taranto’s Best of the Web: Hey, remember this guy? Dan Rather won significant victories Tuesday in his suit against his former network, CBS. He won access to more than 3,000 documents that his lawyer said were expected to reveal evidence that CBS had tried to influence the outcome of... »
Peter Beaumont’s Cheap Political Shots
On Friday, Peter Beaumont wrote a piece in the Guardian attacking Netanyahu for using the term judenrein and going so far as to accuse Netanyahu of using the term “so cheaply to score a political point”. In reality, the only one zoning in on this term for cheap political shots is Beaumont himself. Netanyahu is... »
Two kinds of Palestinians?
In a very confusing move, the State Department has decided that it will resettle almost 1,400 Palestinians in the United States due to their having spent recent years in one of the roughest refugee camps. You may be forgiven for actually thinking that the rough refugee camps mentioned are in the West Bank or thereabouts…... »
Reporters Grill WH Spokesman Gibbs Over Prepackaged Questions
A tip of the ol’ fedora to my grandmother, who pointed me to this beautiful clip: it’s Chip Reid of CBS News along with one of the biggest icons of journalism, Helen Thomas from Hearst Newspapers, grilling Obama’s spokesman over what has been recently scandalized as “prepackaged questions” (i.e., journalists planted in the audience... »
Media Looks Away As PA Covers Up Torture Death
Khaled Abu Toameh reports an unknown story about a recent cover-up by the Palestinian Authority of the death of a detainee at their hands, possibly by torture, which is only “unknown” so far because those covering it up were Palestinians and not Israels. The story of the detainee is described by Abu Toameh as follows: Haitham... »
L.A. Times Bashes Settlements, As Usual
Steven Plaut, a professor, writer, and blogger living in Haifa recently posted on his blog the eye-catching headline: “L.A. Times runs a pro-settlement column!”. Naturally, I had to check it out. While the headline was technically accurate, what he must have missed was the fact that the L.A. Times also simultaneously ran not one, but... »