How far has the Associated Press (AP) fallen?
Read the following excerpts from Andrew Stiles’ article at freebeacon,com and you’ll have your answer:
AP Writes Puff Piece on Hezbollah ‘Victims’ of Israeli Pager Attack
The Associated Press reached new heights of terrorist sympathy on Wednesday by publishing a compassionately credulous report on “the human toll of Israel’s exploding-pagers attack targeting Hezbollah,” the Iranian-funded terrorist group. The AP contacted the Hezbollah public relations department and was given the contact information of several “victims” of the September 2024 attack who agreed to discuss their “slow, painful path to recovery.”
Shockingly enough, of the six people the AP interviewed, only one was a young man who admitted to being a terrorist. The rest were women, children, and an innocent “preacher” who taught “religious lessons” to Hezbollah members. The alleged man of faith lost three fingers and was blinded when his terrorist pager exploded. “It was not immediately clear why he had one,” the AP reports with remarkable credulity.
Doing what comes naturally, the AP makes sure to note that the United Nations, a thoroughly unserious organization, and other so-called human rights groups have denounced Israel’s attack—without a doubt the most precisely targeted anti-terrorism operation in history—as an “indiscriminate” war crime.
Readers are apparently expected to have a sympathetic reaction toward “victims” such as Mahdi Sheri, a 23-year-old Hezbollah terrorist who was preparing to deploy to the Israel border and fire rockets at civilians. His beeper went off, and he went to check for updates from his terrorist bosses. He lost one eye in the explosion, and eventually went blind in his other eye. The terrorist laments that he “can no longer play football.” He’s depressed because his injuries have made it “impossible now to find a role alongside Hezbollah fighters.” Tough break, dude.
The article goes on, but you get the idea.
The AP used to be a serious news source. Now it is left-wing propaganda source. And being left-wing, these days, includes being anti-Israel.
I suggest you remember this every time you read an AP article. Take what it “reports” with a grain – make that a shakerful – of salt.
