Wednesday, June 14, 2006

AP Watch - 6/14

A new Flares feature for postings of egregious examples of AP's proclivity to integrate propaganda into their news pieces. Or is that integrate news into their propaganda pieces? Posts will be made daily and updated.

If you find an example, post it in comments and I'll put it in an update. All Flares contributors are invited to edit and/or update this post.

Welcome to visitors from American Thinker - today's AP Watch is here.

THIRD UPDATE: Truepeers finds another Sara El Deeb piece that spouts the Pali line concerning an incident arising from the Pali rocket attacks.

SECOND UPDATE: An AP "analysis" piece to warm John Kerry's heart. It's always 1971 for some people.


UPDATE: Knuck found this piece concerning $20 million in cash coming into Gaza from Egypt - in an "officials" suitcase. The provenance of the funds was apparently of little interest to the "reporter" Sarah El Deeb - definitely a name to watch for.

Here is a starter.

Notice how deep you have to go in the story to find the reason for the strike:
Rocket fire from Gaza rarely causes casualties, but it disrupts life in the southern Israeli towns where the projectiles fall. At midday Tuesday, the Israeli military said more than 100 rockets had been launched at Israel since Friday.
So take it easy on the Palis 'cause theyre bad shots?

Sure.
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Stephen-M notes in comments:
Contrast:
harsh Israeli artillery

With:
homemade Palestinian rockets

I wonder if the Pali's knitted the rockets by candlelight?

9 comments:

truepeers said...

Please note what really happened. It's now pretty clear, i think, that Israel didn't kill the family.

Unknown said...

If after a 100 rockets they can't hit anyone maybe they need a new chief rocket launcher.

Rick Ballard said...

TP,

This is a separate incident - find the AP report on the Pali beach incident and I'll plug it in with a link to Melanie.

I think current articles are saying that it was an old Israeli mine.

truepeers said...

Rick, sorry for not paying attention. If you follow the "related stories" link from your wjla.com link, you will find several articles on the earlier incident. This is the first there, possibly the first AP report on the incident, filed by, you guessed it, Sarah El Deeb: The attack destroyed a tent and scattered body parts along the beach. A crowd flocked to the area, screaming and running around in confusion. One tearful man held the limp body of what appeared to be a girl or young woman.

Palestinian medical officials originally said nine people were killed but then lowered the toll to six. The confusion apparently stemmed from the extensive damage to the bodies.

Ground forces might have fired the shells, the military said, contradicting earlier reports that the artillery came from gunboats off the coast.
- which military? evident confusion; while the headline makes clear that it is the Palestinians who are claiming Israeli resonsibility, the writer of the article clearly assumes this was the case.

truepeers said...

I mean, she clearly assumes the Israelis were responsible for the deaths...

truepeers said...

Reading it again, I think it's likely that was not the first AP report on the incident, since all the media were laying the blame on Israeli gunboats in the initial stages of the story...

cf said...

From AT:
"
AP Watch feature begun



Our friend and contributor Rick Ballard at YARGB (“Yet Another Really Great Blog”) has begun an AP Watch feature there, documenting bias in the largest news agency ion the United States. The first post is here.

This is a much-needed service, and a strong niche for Rick and YARGB. We wish them well, and now know where to send instances that strike us. Congratulations to YARGB and Rick!

Clarice Feldman and Thomas Lifson 6 14 06"

cf said...

I emailed S & L, AJ Strata and Macsmind about this. I'll also email Rick Moran. I suggest the rest of you email other bloggers with whom you have a relationship and advise them of the project.

Rick Ballard said...

Thank you, Clarice.

TP,

The stories are definitely linked - I'll pop that link in above.