TagsTagsHere’s the Associated Press’s latest attempt to quietly correct one of the “Jamil Hussein” stories without really correcting it: Sunni mosques still show damage in Iraq. Complete with an egregious mischaracterization of the US military’s reaction to the AP story. Michelle Malkin responds.
Associated Press, Middle East, Media Bias, Propaganda, Iraq, Jamil Hussein
It looks as if the Associated Press is beginning to quietly backpedal on another rather hot topic, removing the article from their web site that claims to prove the existence of “Jamil Hussein:” Walkback? UPDATE at 1/29/07 12:25:13 pm: Bob Owens updates: AP says technical issues caused the article to temporarily disappear. ...
Associated Press, Middle East, Media Bias, Propaganda, Iraq, Jamil Hussein
Did you hear something? Was that a pin dropping, or was it mainstream media and left-wing blogs completely ignoring the debunking of Jamil Hussein and the Associated Press? Jamilgate: Eerie silence from E&P about Hot Air’s Hurriya mosques report. Editor and Publisher’s Greg Mitchell and his friends in the loony left blogosphere ...
Associated Press, Middle East, Media Bias, Propaganda, Iraq, Jamil Hussein
The Associated Press’s credibility lies on the ground in tatters this morning, because none of their claims about “Jamil Hussein’s” reports check out: Destroyed - Not. The bottom line: the only facts that weren’t fabricated were greatly exaggerated. AP Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll indignantly attacked those who had questioned the global news ...
Associated Press, Iraq, Media Bias, Propaganda, Hurriyah, Jamil Hussein, Kathleen Carroll
The Associated Press’s Kathleen Carroll is suddenly concerned about the well-being of Jamil Hussein: AP’s Editor Criticizes Those Who Questioned Iraq Source. NEW YORK Associated Press Executive Editor Kathleen Carroll on Friday criticized those who questioned the existence of an AP Iraq source, who was proven this week to be real, ...
Associated Press, Middle East, Media Bias, Propaganda, Iraq, Jamil Hussein
The Associated Press says the Iraqi Interior Ministry has confirmed the existence of police Capt. Jamil Hussein—and the Iraqis are planning to arrest him for talking to the AP: Iraq threatens arrest of police officer. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Interior Ministry acknowledged Thursday that an Iraqi police ...
Associated Press, Middle East, Media Bias, Propaganda, Iraq, Jamil Hussein
Michelle Malkin is going to Iraq to try to get to the bottom of the AP’s probably nonexistent source Jamil Hussein (and other issues related to media malfeasance). After years of deriding and mocking people like Michelle as “armchair warriors,” the angry lefties are now deriding and mocking her for getting ...
Associated Press, Middle East, Media Bias, Propaganda, Iraq, Jamil Hussein
Former CNN head Eason Jordan calls out the Associated Press: The AP’s Jamil Hussein Scandal. If an Iraqi police captain by the name of Jamil Hussein exists, there is no convincing evidence of it - and that means the Associated Press has a journalistic scandal on its hands that will fester ...
Associated Press, Middle East, Media Bias, Propaganda, Iraq, Jamil Hussein
Another search through different avenues has failed to turn up AP’s source for more than 60 reports of atrocities and murders: The AP (non-)responds and another search comes up empty.
Associated Press, Middle East, Media Bias, Propaganda, Iraq, Jamil Hussein
Michelle has a summary of what’s been discovered to date about “Iraqi police Capt. Jamil Hussein,” the source for more than 60 AP reports who is amazingly hard to locate: Tracing ‘Jamil Hussein’s’ footsteps and ignoring anti-blog hatred. After receiving initial reports from a Civilian Police Advisory Training Team (CPATT) source ...
Associated Press, Middle East, Media Bias, Propaganda, Iraq, Jamil Hussein