The other day Red claimed the AP is biased against Israel. Maybe somewhat compared to the dominant pro-Israel bias that's standard in the US. But when I read the AP they always seem rather pro-Israel to me.
For instance:
the vast majority of the world considers Israeli settlements to be illegal.
President Donald Trump, however, has taken a more lenient position, tolerating continued Israeli settlement construction and releasing a Mideast plan last month that envisions giving Israel permanent control over all of its settlements.
They've actually toughened to vast majority from the previous most countries. But of course that's true and more accurate. Better if they just said transferring population to occupied land is illegal under intl law.
But "lenient" is a real gentle word. And the US has tolerated settlement expansion for decades. Trump has endorsed settlements, hired on staunch pro-settlement folks and is ready to endorse annexation of much of the WB and Jerusalem.
The AP tends to use the same language formula consistently, and this gets spread throughout most of the printed media.
And that's just the latest example. I find a pro-Israel bias in most AP articles on ghd subject. Hopefully "lenient" will be dropped as a mushy, allowing, condoning description.
The AP is a bit less pro-Israel than the standard cheerleading minimally critical US press, which is still definitely pro-Israel compared to Europe or the rest of the world. Only in the US could the AP be accused of anti-Israel bias. I'd like roses examples (and would be pretty sure any would be one-offs, if they exist). I read AP news all the time and can't recall any. Certainly doesn't turn up in their stock summaries and repeated phraseology.
I sure hope whichever DEM gets the nomination goes after Trump hard for calling the media the enemy of the people. I'd civics lesson his ass hard on that. And his BS denunciation of fake news while rarely proving anything false or misleading.
There should be hell to pay for his lies, but Trunk should get roasted for his media bashing.
Btw, if I were the Dem, I'd have a list prepared of Trump lies for every topic and read one or two whoppers before answering a question.
"So lets see what Donald Trump had to say about ..."
Read off something stupid.
"Well of course that's nonsense/wrong/foolish, the truth is ..."
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