THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS NO LONGER TRUSTWORTHY

AP a news dis-service 

 

By Michael Goodwin 

 

New York Post

June 8, 2021

 

Not so long ago, The Associated Press was painfully boring but a trustworthy source of straight news. It’s still boring but not always trustworthy. 

An AP item from Monday illustrates the change. The wire service writes that “heavy handed police actions” by Israel in Jerusalem “fueled weeks of unrest that helped spark an 11-day war between Israel and Hamas militants.” 

So Israel provoked the barrage of 4,000 missiles aimed at its civilians? Apparently, Hamas’ charter calling for the elimination of the Jewish state had nothing to do with why the terrorists started the war. Nor did Palestinian infighting over power have anything to do with it. 

Then again, expecting balanced reporting from the AP may be expecting too much. This is the same outlet that rented space in a Gaza building where Hamas had operations, yet the AP claimed not to know about the terrorists in their midsts. 

Go figure.