Irish Times bias

national | miscellaneous | news report Wednesday April 17, 2002 17:55 by Phuq Hedd - Free Thinkers

Frank McNally does not assault demonstrators

The Irish Times coverage of the protest against the human rights abuses of the Israeli state has been masterfully spun by both the headline writer and the "journalist" Frank McNally.

McNally's sneaky bias against the demonstrators is demonstrated in sentences such as:

"Gardaí closed a section of Fleet Street to traffic, but the demonstration passed off peacefully."

Really Frank? Was the demonstration also marked by an absence of the eating of Israeli babies? Perhaps you would feel that it is appropriate to mention that no Israeli human rights were trampled upon during the demonstration?

The title of the piece (which one hopes was not also chosen by McNally) reinforces the underlying insinuation that demonstrations are inherently non-peaceful:

"Protest at Israeli action passes off peacefully"

Please Mr.McNally!, this is biased reporting.