Archive for April 7th, 2008
Bizarro World: Hamas Pretends Not to Target Children
In one of the more bizarre sideshows ever seen in the Middle East, last week Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahiri scolded Hamas for shooting at Israel “with the blessed Qassam rockets which don’t differentiate between a child and an adult, and moreover, perhaps [don’t differentiate] between the Jews and the Arabs and Muslims working in those [...]
Comparative Reporting
A child was killed in Gaza yesterday. How does the media report it?
Comparing the spin that the stories get, and the relative placement of various details, is a very valuable way to see how each media outlet is biased.
AP:
Palestinian Abdullah Buhar, 8-years-old, …was killed Sunday by shrapnel during clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants [...]
Slow Blogging
I’m away in Europe on business for the week, so the blogging forecast is cloudy, with a chance of intermittent posts.
I’m hoping Elder and the rest of the guest contributors will pick up some of the slack.
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