Saturday, September 28, 2024

'Charismatic and Shrewd': Here's How the AP Memorialized Terrorist Leader

Despite all of the barbaric actions that Nasrallah is responsible for, the Associated Press thought he was a figure worth memorializing in a special kind of way. - Rebecca Downs
"Charismatic and shrewd: A look at longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah," read a Friday headline from Bassem Mroue that the Associated Press thought was appropriate to publish. Hours later, the headline reads the same, though archived versions are available...
  • Not mentioned in that section or anywhere else in this fawning eulogy, is how under Nasrallah's leadership, Hezbollah rockets targeted the Israeli Druze Arab village of Majdal Shams at the end of July, resulting in children being killed as they played soccer.
  • It's not mentioned until several paragraphs down that Hezbollah is a terrorist organization...

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