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Here’s one of the most short-sighted and self-destructive things I’ve ever seen the Associated Press do — they’re going to try to prevent search engines and blogs from even linking to their articles, unless they pay for the privilege. Unbelievable. Rather than embrace the openness of the web and the ...
Every year, when the Palestinian whinefest known as “Nakba” rolls around, the wire services dutifully publish photo after photo of Palestinians holding keys, “symbolizing” the loss of their houses in 1948 when the state of Israel was established. But this year we have the most ridiculous example yet — an ...
Palestinians, Nakba, Propaganda, Fauxtography, staging, Associated Press, Media Bias
The honeymoon of Barack Obama and the Associated Press is definitely over: FACT CHECK: Obama disowns deficit he helped shape. WASHINGTON – “That wasn’t me,” President Barack Obama said on his 100th day in office, disclaiming responsibility for the huge budget deficit waiting for him on Day One. It ...
This seems to be more and more common: wire service reports on speeches and events that haven’t happened yet. AP Democratic shill Jennifer Loven has filed one of the more egregious examples, lavishing praise on Barack Obama before he’s even said a word: Obama aims for sober honesty, optimism in ...
Associated Press, Media Bias, Barack Obama, Speech, Jennifer Loven
It doesn’t matter to the media how badly Hamas was smacked in Operation Cast Lead, or how many top officials they lost, or how many bomb-makers were killed, or how many smuggling tunnels were destroyed. Nope. To the Associated Press, Hamas is even stronger now: Hard-liners strengthened by Gaza war. ...
An Associated Press article extolling the wonderfulness of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) makes a surprising admission about the hatred routinely taught in their schools: UN’s role in Gaza rises among the rubble. In one classroom Saturday, when UNRWA schools reopened, a Palestinian teacher was filmed ...
Palestinians, Hamas, Gaza, Terrorism, Israel, UNRWA, United Nations, Associated Press
In the midst of a liveblogging session on the conflict in Gaza, the Muqata raised the alarm about a possible fauxtograph: The Muqata: Day 12 of the War, Wednesday, January 7, 2009. The picture he noticed was filed by AP photographer Adel Hana in Gaza: An explosion is ...
Fauxtography, Reuters, Associated Press, Media Bias, Gaza, Propaganda
We should not forget that every television image and every news photograph coming out of Gaza right now is filtered through Hamas. The photographers filing pictures for Reuters, Associated Press, and Agence France Presse are all Palestinians, and all propagandists for Hamas—or they wouldn’t be allowed to take pictures in ...
Palestinians, Hamas, Gaza, Terrorism, Israel, Propaganda, Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France Press, Media Bias, Fauxtography, staging
Associated Press Palestinian photographer Khalil Hamra seems to be the AP’s inside man when it comes to pictures of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and this photo (shown below) that he filed yesterday has all the marks of being staged. Were these apparently unhurt children deliberately arranged on a stretcher next ...
Palestinians, Hamas, Gaza, Rockets, Terrorism, Israel, Pallywood, Fauxtography, Associated Press
Associated Press Democratic shill Jennifer Loven is feeling Barack Obama’s pain: Blagojevich questioning takes up Obama’s time. Prosecutors have said Obama is not implicated in the case against Blagojevich, accused of trying to sell Obama’s Senate seat to the highest bidder. But the corruption scandal has drained precious energy ...
Mother Nature is apparently now using the Associated Press to communicate her warnings: Obama left with little time to curb global warming. Mother Nature, of course, is oblivious to the federal government’s machinations. (Hat tip: Walter.)
Associated Press, Media Bias, Global Warming, Climate Change
The Associated Press has a new weekly column in which AP journalists respond to readers’ questions. Here’s their invitation: If you have your own news-related question that you’d like to see answered by an AP reporter or editor, send it to newsquestions@ap.org, with “Ask AP” in the subject line. ...
Here’s a very sympathetic article from the Associated Press about one of the most hateful figures on the American scene: Farrakhan says ‘new beginning’ for Nation of Islam. CHICAGO – The Nation of Islam, a secretive movement generally closed to outsiders, has planned a rare open-to-the public event at ...
Associated Press, Media Bias, Louis Farrakhan, Nation of Islam, Racism, Hate Speech
They’re relentless. The latest Associated Press masterpiece of journalistic malpractice: a headline that goes right to the edge of saying Sarah Palin called Barack Obama a terrorist (which she did not): Palin defends terrorist comment against Obama. They’re parroting Obama campaign propaganda, word for word, and doing everything they can ...
Election 2008, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Racism, Associated Press, Media Bias
The Associated Press seems to sense, in some dim way, that they may have gone a little over the line with that ludicrous “analysis” by Douglass Daniel that tries to accuse Sarah Palin of racism for mentioning Barack Obama’s association with former Weather Underground terrorist William Ayers. In the latest ...
Election 2008, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Racism, Associated Press, Media Bias, Video
The Associated Press article on Sarah Palin’s comments about William Ayers is a Category 7 jaw-dropper. Apparently, now even criticizing Obama’s associations with white violent radicals is racist: Analysis: Palin’s words carry racial tinge. Palin’s words avoid repulsing voters with overt racism. But is there another subtext for creating ...
Election 2008, Barack Obama, william ayers, Terrorism, Anti-Americanism, Racism, Associated Press, Media Bias
Associated Press Democratic shill Ron Fournier is working overtime promoting the view that if Barack Obama loses the election, racism will be to blame. In every other circumstance the Associated Press avoids printing racial slurs, even in quotations, and uses phrases like “the N word” instead. But for some reason ...
Election 2008, Barack Obama, Racism, Race Card, Media Bias, Associated Press
The mainstream media. What’s left to say? This may be the election in which they have finally finished the job of utterly discrediting themselves as left-wing hacks, for all to see. They’re not even trying to hide the bias. They seem proud of it. Palin: More and less than she ...
LGF, Election 2008, Sarah Palin, Associated Press, Media Bias
Bitter disappointment just drips from Associated Press writer Ron Fournier’s piece: Analysis: Biden pick shows lack of confidence. DENVER - The candidate of change went with the status quo. In picking Sen. Joe Biden to be his running mate, Barack Obama sought to shore up his weakness — inexperience ...
LGF, Election 2008, Barack Obama, John McCain, Joe Biden, Associated Press
That Associated Press photographer who tagged along with the Taliban on a mission to slaughter two helpless women, and took photos and video as they were murdered, was detained briefly by Afghan authorities and has issued a series of ludicrous excuses. It sounds very much like this guy was coached ...
LGF, Afghanistan, Taliban, Death Cult, Misogyny, Associated Press
An Associated Press photographer embedded with the Taliban stood by and snapped pictures as they brutally murdered two women. One of the more sickening tales of media malfeasance yet. AP Photo by Rahmatullah Naikzad - Daylife AP Photo by Rahmatullah Naikzad - Daylife
LGF, Afghanistan, Taliban, Death Cult, Misogyny, Associated Press
I know I said I was boycotting the Associated Press, but their take on Independence Day has to be seen to be believed. Americans’ unhappy birthday: ‘Too much wrong right now’. The nation’s psyche is battered and bruised, the sense of pessimism palpable. Young or old, Republican or Democrat, ...
LGF, Associated Press, Independence Day, July 4th, Media Bias
Business Week has an interesting article on the technology the Associated Press and other media outlets are using to find and identify their copyrighted content on the Internet: Bloggers: Big Media Is Watching. The AP, a not-for-profit news cooperative owned by thousands of subscriber newspapers, has been using a ...
The Associated Press has not only jumped the shark, they’ve leaped over that baby like Carl Lewis: AP sets up a toll booth for bloggers citing its stories. The AP’s disharmony with bloggers may have only just begun, as the alternative it’s now offering to being served with ...
Lots of fallout today from the Associated Press’s self-defeating decision to threaten legal action against web sites that link to and quote their articles. Techcrunch says they’re banning the AP: Here’s Our New Policy On A.P. stories: They’re Banned. Not a bad idea, but kind of difficult to carry out, ...