Okay, so I made a mistake in Wednesday’s column about Commie Mamdani and his campaign to give the benighted voters of NYC what they are asking for, good and hard, and sans lubrication.
I mistakenly said that he was born in Ghana, when he was actually born in Uganda.
In my defense, both of those names share many of the same letters. Also, I’m not totally convinced that they are actual countries, and if they are, I’m guessing that they are very similar. I mean, it’s not like I said he was born in Switzerland, when he was born in Uganda.
(“Martin,” nobody is asking, “is that a fine Ugandan timepiece you’re wearing on your wrist, as you savor that decadent Ugandan chocolate?” And I am not replying, “Remember when that Swiss leader ate that guy from a rival canton just a few short decades ago?”)
Still, I can’t just go around making mistakes, like a mere mortal. So I hereby confess my error, take full responsibility, and ask that in case the Nobel committee was contemplating awarding me one of their prizes for Wednesday’s column – which in a sane world they would be – they hold off on that. At least until they can read some of my upcoming Nobel-worth columns.
Now if only we could get the WAPO and NY Times to do their own mea culpa, and return the Pulitzers they gave themselves for getting the Russia collusion hoax story wrong, and the “Hunter’s laptop is Russian disinfo” story wrong, and the “Joe Biden is a cognitive marvel, and fully prepared to serve another term” story wrong, and…
Today I’ve got several “we don’t hate the media enough” stories for you, starting with the AP, which published a story last week that cast the Hezbollah terrorists on the receiving end of Israel’s amazing pager attack as sympathetic victims.
To be fair, the story did admit that even Hezbollah “acknowledged that most of those wounded and killed were its fighters and personnel.” Nevertheless, the story interviews six survivors, five of whom – if we can trust the writers even on this point – are anomalies and exceptions: two women, two children, and one “preacher,” in addition to an admitted “fighter.” (I’m guessing that the preacher wasn’t preaching the Gospel, or the Torah, or the teachings of the Dalai Lama.)
The fighter is presented in a shocking image, with his disturbing-looking glass eye. (He’d be much better off wearing an eye patch, but since Israeli badass Moshe Dayan wore one of those after losing an eye in battle, the Hezbollah Jew-hater probably wouldn’t wear one, just out of spite.)
(By the way, “Moshe Dayan” is probably Hebrew for “Uncle Bob,” for all I know.)
The story details the one-eyed terrorist’s wounds, noting that “he can no longer play football.” If they were striving for accuracy, they would have followed that with, “Of course, he could never have played football anyway, because he lives in a backward society that only plays soccer.”
There are horrible pictures of the wounds of both women and a 12-year-old boy, and heartstring-tugging descriptions of the gory details.
But the story is at least minimally honest enough to tangentially reveal the real problems with these people it so badly wants us to sympathize with. Both women and the fighter are pictured with images – on their walls or on their phones – of Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah terrorist who died in a big, beautiful Israeli strike, surrounded by terrorist commanders. One woman has spoken at Hezbollah religious gatherings to boost morale, and the 12-year-old boy is a member of the Hezbollah scouts (think: Hitler Youth for Arab jihadis).
The key sentences were mentioned early on, and in passing: “The survivors expressed ongoing support for Hezbollah but acknowledged the security breach. They blamed Israel for their wounds.”
Because of course they did.
This is why you can’t have nice things, “Palestinians.” Your heroes tortured, raped and murdered helpless Israeli men, women and children, and after you reaped just a small portion of what you have sown, you still think of yourself as victims, support the killers, and hate the Jews.
Good luck with all that.
Not content to let the AP hog all of the pro-terrorist propaganda glory, other legacy media rags jumped on a different slanderous story out of Gaza. This was the tale of an Israeli air strike that killed a “journalist” named Anas (and if you noticed that that name is only one vowel off, you’re right) al-Sharif. One outlet after another led with claims that al-Sharif was a journalist, and only noted later that the IDF “alleged” that he was a member of Hamas.
PBS and NPR – man, am I glad that we just cut off their taxpayer funding! – both took that tack. NPR said that “press advocates described [al-Sharif’s death] as retribution against those documenting the war in Gaza.” (If by “documenting” you mean “propagandizing about.”) They then reported that the IDF said that al-Sharif was a Hamas fighter, “an allegation that Al Jazeera and al-Sharif had previously dismissed as baseless.”
Shocking!
By the way, if I were a PR rep for the IDF, I would have headlined my press release, “We shot the Sharif, but we did not shoot a journalist.” (Hat tip to Bob Marley.)
Newsweek – which I was surprised to find is still a thing that exists – was typical of the biased MSM approach. They didn’t just present al-Sharif’s identity as a “he said/they said” story; they took sides by calling him a journalist, and then skeptically reporting the IDF’s “allegations.” But as you read their own story, you see that the only evidence they cite for al-Sharif NOT being a Hamasnik is the denials from his side.
Meanwhile, they start clearing their throat and trying to hurry past the IDF’s claims and evidence, as you will see in this accurate re-enactment, made of actual details from the Newsweek story:
IDF spokesman: Al-Sharif served as the head of a terrorist cell in the Hamas terrorist organization that was responsible for advancing rocket attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF troops.
Multiply-pierced Columbia Undergrad (MPCU) wearing a keffiyeh: Well, anyone can claim somebody is in Hamas, but if that were true, wouldn’t they have military documents to back that up? Huh? Wouldn’t they? I mean, if he were really—
IDF spokesman: Here are Hamas documents showing that al-Sharif was a member, includ—
MPCU: Yeah, right! If those docs were legit, they’d list his rank, salary and military ID number!
IDF spokesman: Let me finish. …including his rank, salary, and military ID number.
MPCU: Crap!
IDF: We also have a Hamas injury report for al-Sharif from 2017.
MPCU: Oh, come on! If you had a report like that, you’d have to know which specific battalion he was from. Which you don’t.
IDF: As a matter of fact, it’s right here. He was a member of the Hamas East Jabaliya Battalion.
MPCU: Oy vey.
IDF: What did you say?
MPCU (panicking): I mean, oh crap! (He dabs at some sweat with his keffiyeh.) Look, it’s easy enough to make wild allegations about some anonymous, low-level foot soldier. I mean, it’s not like you’ve got a picture of him being hugged by and shaking hands with late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in a ballroom filled with Hamas big shots.
IDF: It’s funny you mention that…
MPCU: Oh, crap…
IDF: …because if you’ll look at the screen behind me, you’ll see a picture of Anus al-Sharif being hugged by and shaking hands with late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in a ballroom full of Hamas big shots.
MPCU (face-palming himself and muttering): His name is “Anas.”
IDF: Is it, though?
And, scene.
Finally, you’ve probably seen the domestic story that gave the pro-Hamas MSM a run for their money, bias-wise: the Daily Beast piece that ran under the title, “Veterans Beg Ron DeSantis to Stop Killing Them.”
You read that right. Veteran Ron DeSantis has apparently gone rogue, and is now murdering veterans in Florida! If you don’t believe me, read the first sentence of the story: “Ron DeSantis is under fire for turning against his fellow service members and letting executioners slaughter five veterans this year alone.”
Good lord! Are these gangland executions, or possibly some kind of barbaric “feed them to the dinosaurs” type killings you might hear about at Alligator Alcatraz?
Nope. The next paragraph mentions that Florida carries out the death penalty by either lethal injections or the electric chair, and the truth begins to come out.
This left-wing hack writer is talking about people who were once in the military, but who then pursued an exciting second career in beating, raping and murdering people. One of them – Bobby Joe Long – was a serial rapist and killer with at least 12 victims on his record, though the writer doesn’t mention that.
The story is so transparently ridiculous that it was quickly ratioed into oblivion. And DeSantis’ Comms director, when asked for comment, administered the verbal gut punch perfectly, saying “A simple trick to avoid execution in Florida is to not murder people.”
That sounds just crazy enough to work!
Ugh! We truly don’t hate the media enough.
But the good news is that they’re not getting away with it anymore. Their ratings are terrible, their audiences are shrinking, and the only ones who take them seriously are the far-left, ineducable, dead-end partisans.
The legacy media has worked long and hard to ruin their reputations, and they are now reaping the fruits of their labors.
Unexpectedly!
Hamas delenda est!
Martin Simpson 
Really like the photo of you and the “W” laughing. Miss you all. Take care “Bink”!!
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