Al Qaeda Atrocity Follow-up: Old Media Member 'Explains' Non-Coverage
Michael Yon doesn't have an answer (HT to NewsBuster reader "acumen") as to why Old Media won't cover the Al Qaeda massacre of a small village near Baqubah, Iraq that he reported earlier this week (related NewsBusters posts are here and here):
Coordinates to the area of the gravesites are MC 679 381.
In my dispatch, I reported that six people were killed, but mentioned that Iraqi soldiers were…
While Old Media Obsesses over Haditha, Al Qaeda Massacre Gets the Sile
(WARNING: Link contains graphic and unsettling pictures) Michael Yon reported a massacre committed by Al Qaeda that wiped out a village on the outskirts of Baqubah, Iraq just after midnight on July 1.
Matt Hurley at Weapons of Mass Discussion had this to say yesterday in reaction:
If American media fails to cover this with the same amount of gusto that they have pursued Haditha and Abu Ghraib…
CAIR and Al-Qaeda Connected; Does Anyone in Old Media Care
Note: Though this post is primarily about Ohio's governor speaking at a Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) banquet in Columbus last Sunday, it contains nationally significant info about connections between CAIR, Al Qaeda, and Hamas, and Old Media's non-coverage of those connections. ______________________________
On Friday ("Strickland-CAIR Update: Reported Strickland Staffer Response…
CNN Shills For Hamas: ‘This is Law and Order in the New Gaza
Last week, the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas took over Gaza in what was described by many as a bloodbath.Just days later, CNN’s Ben Wedeman filed a report from the region in which he glowingly praised these terrorists’ efforts to bring “law and order in the new Gaza.”In a video segment that was aired at various times Thursday, Wedeman exclusively interviewed Gaza residents who seemed thrilled…
Scotland Yard Officer Admits Leaking Al Qaeda Terror Plans to Newspape
If a counterterrorism officer working for England’s Scotland Yard admitted to leaking an intelligence report containing al Qaeda attack plans to a British newspaper, do you think this would be newsworthy here in the States?Well, our media certainly didn’t think so, as such occurred in a British courtroom Monday, but not one American press outlet deigned to share the information with us.Not one.As…
Media Ignore Report on Al Qaeda Suicide Bombers Heading to America
ABC’s Brian Ross broke an exclusive story Monday, first at his blog “The Blotter,” and then on “World News with Charles Gibson,” concerning teams of well-trained al Qaeda suicide bombers supposedly heading to the United States and Europe. This report included video-clips of a Taliban “graduation” ceremony (video available here), with still-pictures of the event available here. Yet, despite the…
Ohio's Governor Speaks at CAIR Banquet; Ohio’s Press Snoozes
Ohio's press must have been forced into rationing newsprint and bandwidth during the past couple of days.
I can't otherwise explain how the Toledo Blade, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cincinnati Enquirer, Dayton Daily News (news; blogs), and especially the Columbus Dispatch, have thus far carried no coverage of this Ted Strickland appearance on Sunday:
Monday, June 18, 2007
OHIO GOVERNOR SPEAKS AT…
PLO Official Says Al-Jazeera Is an Accomplice to Crimes Committed by H
Here’s something you don’t see every day: an Arab leader complaining about Al-Jazeera being biased.Yet, that's what happened Sunday according to Agence France-Presse (emphasis added throughout, h/t Charles at LGF):A senior Palestinian official on Sunday accused pan-Arab Al-Jazeera television of favouring Hamas in its coverage of the battles between the Islamists and rival Fatah.Al-Jazeera…
Media Ignore Theft of Arafat’s Nobel Peace Prize, Downplay Palestini
On Saturday, NewsBusters asked two important questions: “Will Media Report Palestinians Fleeing Gaza For Israel,” and will they address the theft of Yasser Arafat’s Nobel Peace Prize by Hamas looters? At this point, the answer to the latter is a resounding “No.” The answer to the former is “Not much.”To be more specific, extensive searches of Google News and LexisNexis have identified that no…
Mark Steyn Exposes Major Aspects of Immigration Bill Ignored by Old Me
In an ideal world, a news consumer would get his or her essential facts from hard-news coverage, and would read op-ed columns solely to learn writers' opinions on particular topics of interest -- while perhaps being entertained in the process.
We clearly do not live in an ideal world. If fact, the "news" is all often turned upside-down, as journalists supposedly covering the hard news end up…
Hamas Looters in Gaza Steal Yasser Arafat’s Nobel Peace Prize
Better stow all that needs to be stowed, sports fans, for this is guaranteed to evoke uncontrollable fits of laughter.Looting Hamas militiamen apparently broke into former Palestinian Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat’s home and stole his – wait for it! Wait for it! – Nobel Peace Prize.Honestly, there’s no way you can make this stuff up.The Jerusalem Post reported the excruciatingly…
