Posted on 09/29/2024 7:11:04 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
The outlet was shamed into editing its headline within hours.
The Associated Press previewed the likely death of Hezbollah terrorist leader Hassan Nasrallah with a lengthy biographical article that rivaled The Washington Post — which famously referred to Al Qaeda terrorist leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as an “austere religious scholar — in its effort to frame the Islamic extremist in a positive light.
The original headline was posted on Friday, and it read, “Charismatic and shrewd: A look at longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.” But Saturday morning, the headline had already been edited to read simply, “Who is longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah?”
The quick edit appears to have been a response to the critics who flooded X with comments about how positive a tone the AP had adopted when talking about the leader of a terrorist organization.
AG Hamilton showed a side-by-side of the Nasrallah headline with one about the late U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK): “Former U.S. Sen. Inhofe, defense hawk who called human-caused climate change a ‘hoax,’ dies at 89.”
“AP on the death of a Republican Senator vs The possible death of a terror leader responsible for tens of thousands of deaths,” Hamilton captioned the screenshots.
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In addition to the headline, the AP delivered a full 12 paragraphs before the word “terrorist” was even mentioned. Instead, the outlet referred to Nasrallah as an “astute strategist,” an “archenemy of Israel,” and “a fiery orator viewed as an extremist.”
How is this a new low? They are always this disgusting.
They’re trying to compare him to Bill Clinton.
AP sucks...
A common characteristic of many mass murderers.
Damn! I bet he was an aspiring rapper too!
Hitler was charismatic. Napoleon was charismatic, and shrewd except for the Russia thing. Tamurlane was shrewd and charismatic.
Even Osama bin Laden was shrewd and charismatic.
The bloody lot of them were responsible for killing millions.
They succeeded in doing that because they were shrewd and charismatic.
Hezbollah and the AP have a lot in common.
That’s because they take after satan.
Austere religious scholar
He probably loved his dog too.
Yes... It was very ‘Charismatic And Shrewd’ of him to order 5,000 pagers and walkie-talkies... From a company connected to Mossad, who then plied them with explosives that killed more than 30 of his followers and injured thousands. This dude was as about as shred as a toothpick.
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