07 March 2015

CNN on terror attack in Jerusalem

The expression "wrong on so many levels" would have applied to that piss-poor article by CNN, there are only two problems with it: I am tired to hear it; and there is only one level in this article (guess which one one).

So, to start with: "authorities call it terror attack". I bet otherwise it could have been many other things, like an invitation to a bar-mitzva, for instance.
A Palestinian man rammed into a cyclist and four Israeli border police...
Technically true, but here is a quote from ToI:
Palestinian runs over 4 border policewomen and a cyclist...
Of course, gender neutrality is important in XXI century, the century of inclusiveness and Political Correctness. Oh well.
The suspect tried to escape, but was shot by a security guard and severely wounded before being taken into custody, police said.
Interesting. So the "suspect" tried to run, according to CNN. Here it goes from that other source:
After the car attack, he then emerged from the vehicle with a butcher’s knife and attempted to stab passersby, but was swiftly shot and incapacitated by a Border Policeman and a Light Rail security guard at the scene.
I rest my case. Or the case could rest itself, for all I care.

Slow weekend, ain't it?

16 comments:

peterthehungarian said...

"Driver hits Israeli border police, authorities call it a terror attack."
"Patron in the pizzeria complains about the temperature - authorities call it a terror attack"
"Some pious Muslims remove symbols insulting their religion, the others call it barbarism"
Benevolent political correctness vs. the authorities of the occupying power and the Islampohobes...

Lynne T said...

If only it was one of their fellow reporters on that bicycle, do you think they would have left out that minor detail about the butcher's knife?

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Yes, that's a good analysis. Add sloppy journalism, and the brew is ready.

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Normally foreign reporters make their roost at the American Colony hotel in Jerusalem, being pampered by PA reps. And one of the on a bicycle would be a miracle, almost like the Messiah's red heifer.

Dick Stanley said...

Hey, this is the Characteristic News Network. Details like butcher knives being carried around in cars need extraordinary checking. I'm sure they'll get back to us on it eventually.

Dick Stanley said...

Figures. Only the finest for Faultless FEMA, the fruitless fabricator of future fecklessness.

Dick Stanley said...

As usual, they buried the lead. Focusing on the weasel and the bare-naked rider rather than the real news: A giant, flying woodpecker

Dick Stanley said...

The future home of Kremlin's Krispy Kremes.

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Yep, indeed ;-)

SnoopyTheGoon said...

I bet. In a week or three, on page 28...

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Well, if this is the way you want to look at it...

In fact, BBC folks claim that weasel actually could be that small. I don't know. I always imagined a weasel being about a foot long or so.

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Could be a good deal.

Dick Stanley said...

Not likely Putin is so short, though.

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Yep, it must be professional, from the old KGB days, when he squeezed through every keyhole.

David All said...

Looks like the perfect running mate for Cynthia (Federal authorities killed thousands of prison inmates during Hurricane Katrina) McKinney if she runs for President in 2016 on the Totally Looney Mad Party ticket, otherwise known as the Green Party

SnoopyTheGoon said...

That would be a nice pair, agreed.