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Here's a good round-up of information related to the recent, totally faked power outage in the Gaza Strip:

Genuinely fake. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters)

On at least two occasions this week, Hamas staged scenes of darkness as part of its campaign to end the political and economic sanctions against the Gaza Strip, Palestinian journalists said Wednesday.

In the first case, journalists who were invited to cover the Hamas government meeting were surprised to see Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh and his ministers sitting around a table with burning candles.

In the second case on Tuesday, journalists noticed that Hamas legislators who were meeting in Gaza City also sat in front of burning candles.

But some of the journalists noticed that there was actually no need for the candles because both meetings were being held in daylight.

"They had closed the curtains in the rooms to create the impression that Hamas leaders were also suffering as a result of the power stoppage," one journalist told The Jerusalem Post. "It was obvious that the whole thing was staged."

One would think that, if the press were aware ahead of time of a Hamas plan to stage a power outage, they would've included that little tidbit of information with their reports. And combine that with the months of Hamas planning that went into knocking down the border to Egypt, we're definitely starting to notice a pattern of "selective" media reportage.

'Course, considering the media's complicity in the crimes committed by Hamas, I reckon it's not so surprising after all.

More: The Elder, Pat Dollard, Israellycool, Boker tov, Boulder, Atlas Shrugs, Lawhawk, Hot Air, Power Line Blog, Solomonia.

There was quite a controversy in the blogosphere a couple of days ago over Reuters' decision to characterise an ex-CIA employee who outed other CIA spies in Cuba, thus leading to their execution, as a "whistleblower."

It would seem that these complaints have finally reached the Editorial desk. Reuters responds:

Several readers objected to the “whistle-blower” headline, making a fair point. [Ed.:—Ya think?] We subsequently change the headline to:

Ex-CIA spy who exposed agents dies in Cuba

GBU Editor

For background, see here, here, here, here, and here.

Reuters is certainly in a rush to post this correction:



The original caption was bylined "ISRAEL," which apparently is too controversial for Reuters to deign to publish.

Please notice that the area in which they are meeting ("Beit Agion," according to the redacted caption) is an actual part of Israel, existing well within the the pre-1967 borders of West Jerusalem. Heck, check out this handy map if you don't want to take my word for it—The dotted red line would be the dastardly "pre-1967" borders that the international anti-war meddlers (Def'n: To intrude into other people's affairs) are always going on about: Continue reading »

Sweetness & Light caught this excellent faux pas earlier today:



Huckabee supporter? Methinks someone over at Reuters may need to refresh themselves on the subtle art of sarcasm.

I had a little bit of fun with this story yesterday, but failed to point out that Rhonda Shearer and team really have put quite a lot of effort into documenting some of the inconsistencies she uncovered in the original "Fire Doll" story.

For instance, here's a really fascinating comparison:



For more details, be sure to go and read the report. I'll definitely be waiting to hear more from SJ.

First, the video:



Details on how you can keep Shirley Temple* from being flambéed here. Personally? I think they're gonna do it. Continue reading »

You'll be amused at the lengths Reuters will go to tug at your heart-strings... over a self-admitted jihadi:



Hey Reuters: If you love Omar so much, then I'm sure you'll have no problem with us turning him over to you? For the record, we've tried offloading some of the murderers we are currently "looking after" in Gitmo to the very European countries that are complaining about the camp, and you know what kind of response we got?