http://twitchy.com/dougp/2024/05/24/ap-serves-up-their-daily-example-of-why-journalism-is-beyond-repair-this-time-about-alitos-flag-n2396560
As Biden continues to fall behind in polls ahead of the November election, the Democrats are ramping up attacks on Supreme Court conservatives to delegitimize SCOTUS, all because Trump's a threat to our nation's cherished norms and institutions, or something like that.
Much of the media is, of course, more than happy to help the Left push these narratives. Among media outlets, nobody's more eager, ready and willing to carry the Dems' water than the Associated Press, and when it comes to the issue of Justice Samuel Alito's vacation home flag, they're all over it:
The Associated Press (@AP) ~ The 'Appeal to Heaven' flag evolves from Revolutionary War symbol to banner of the far right.
http://apnews.com/article/alito-supreme-court-flags-history-symbol-protest-a5415aeba90e21a86a50f8489fc54b7a?
From Wikipedia:
The Pine Tree Flag (or the An Appeal to Heaven Flag) was one of the flags used during the American Revolution. The flag, which featured a pine tree with the motto "An Appeal to Heaven", or less frequently "An Appeal to God", was originally used by a squadron of six frigates commissioned under George Washington's authority as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army in October 1775.
The pine tree is a traditional symbol of New England. The phrase "appeal to heaven" appears in John Locke's Second Treatise on Government, where it is used to describe the right of revolution.
The flag is the official maritime ensign for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, though the script was removed in 1971. It was used by state navy vessels in addition to privateers sailing from Massachusetts.
"Journalism" has evolved into a dumpster fire.
The Associated Press hasn't practiced journalism for many, many decades, now - it's nothing but a Marxist propaganda outlet.
KeepCalmAndDrawl (@FormerlyFormer) ~ Nah. You’re the ones trying hard to MAKE it a scary far right symbol, but no one is buying it.
Yeah, Democrats and their boot-lickers in the media will ridiculously declare ANYTHING to be "far right" if they can use it to castigate ANYONE of whom they disapprove. They delusionally believe that they are the sole arbiters in charge of determining the lexicon and what is right and wrong.
Unconcerned Scientist (@OvertonBorehole) ~ Anything historical, patriotic, normal, productive, polite, or healthy is now "far right."
For many on the Left, the American flag is now a "banner of the far Right." There's no traditional symbol they won't play this game with.
@amuse (@amuse) ~ It is also a stamp ...
Ah, so George Washington's "An Appeal to Heaven" flag has the U.S. Post Office's seal of approval. Good to know.
Brett (@Texan__Pride) ~ Anything that represents Americas past, present, or future is deemed Far Right to the Communists.
Texas Courtney (@AlaskanCourtney) ~ Your daily reminder that, no matter how much you think you hate the media, it is never enough.
Here's another daily reminder: The AP is paid by left-wing orgs to push propaganda and is not a serious and objective news operation.
If AP really didn’t know it shared space with Hamas, why trust its reporting?
http://nypost.com/2021/05/17/if-ap-really-didnt-know-it-shared-space-with-hamas-why-trust-its-reporting/
By The Post Editorial Board
The New York Post
May 17, 2021
After an Israeli airstrike Saturday destroyed a high-rise office tower on the Gaza Strip, the Associated Press, which had offices there for 15 years, complained, claiming it had no idea the building was also home to Hamas.
If it’s true that AP was so unaware — and the evidence suggests it’s unlikely — how can anyone trust its reporting in the region?
The Israeli military ordered the 12-story al-Jalaa Tower, which hosts AP and Al Jazeera offices, evacuated an hour before the strike, saying it was being used by Hamas military intelligence. For a week, tensions between Israel and Hamas, the terrorist group that controls Gaza, have been at their highest since their 2014 conflict, with Hamas raining thousands of rockets into residential areas of the Jewish state.
Israel later shared some intelligence with the United States. “We showed them the smoking gun proving Hamas worked out of that building,” a source close to Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi told the Jerusalem Post. “I understand they found the explanation satisfactory.”
Of course, we’ve known for years that, as the Israel Defense Forces put it, Hamas “intentionally locates its military assets in the hearts of civil populations,” even “hiding behind” media outlets and “using them as human shields.”
And AP knew that well, according to one account. “When Hamas’ leaders surveyed their assets before this summer’s round of fighting, they knew that among those assets was the international press. The AP staff in Gaza City would witness a rocket launch right beside their office, endangering reporters and other civilians nearby — and the AP wouldn’t report it,” says a 2014 Atlantic piece by Matti Friedman. Hamas militants would regularly “burst into the AP’s Gaza bureau and threaten the staff — and the AP wouldn’t report it.”
It seems that what AP doesn’t know — and doesn’t report — always favors Hamas over those the group terrorizes.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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