[torchthemummy]

What an amazingly one-sided "article" that follows no journalistic standards. The only criticism is in the form of a question to Green Helmet about his actions as noted by bloggers and amazingly HE DENIES THE CHARGE! I couldn't believe it. I figured he would crack under the pressure of the AP's relentless pursuit of the truth. (/sarcasm) The article then lets Green Helmet spew his story with no challenge.

But what is so insulting about the article is the fact that NO AUTHOR IS CREDITED! This allows the AP to fire their propoganda and then hide behind the anonymity of this article. Just like the Hezzies firing and then blending into the crowd.

F*&K the AP (and Reuters while I am at it)

[Blogger]

'Green Helmet' Helps Rescue the Wounded
KATHY GANNON (AP Online) 08/11/2006 Article ...attacks in the village of Qana six miles southeast of the city.For that reason, some Web sites have labeled him the "Green Helmet," and accused him of being a member of the Hezbollah guerrilla group, and of showing off bodies as propaganda."But that isn't true," he told The Associated...12 miles out of Tyre, with the International Committee of the Red Cross. He told a reporter he had been trying to rescue a family of four believed buried beneath the rubble of an abandoned, six-story orphanage hit by missiles. The debris...Israeli artillery slammed into a U.N. compound where 800 Lebanese had taken shelter. The attack killed 106 people and wounded another 116.There, Daher was photographed holding up the mutilated body of a child, one of many victims he carried...

[torchthemummy]

This tactic of no author byline is similar to AP and Reuters and fellow travelers never naming photo subjects. The result is a lack of accountabilty about those pictured and their motives. Is there an official Lebanese list of the dead so real reporters can discern between civilians and combatants? Didn't think so.

[dead]

I was noting just yesterday that the AP article about the foiled terrorist plot was titled "Britain claims to have thwarted terrorist attack."

In other words, they place less credibility on the word of British intelligence and Tony Blair than they do on this hezbolite propagandist shithead.

I do not mourn the self destruction of the AP or Reuters.

[conservative in nyc]

For whatever reason, some news websites don't name the author of an AP article - they just cite the AP. Others do. As the Seattle PI version of the article shows (and others have pointed out), Kathy Gannon wrote the article for the AP.

[freeandfreezing]

But what is so insulting about the article is the fact that NO AUTHOR IS CREDITED!

Kathy Gannon at AP has the byline for the article, at least on Newsday.com