Just when I thought I couldn't be shocked by Reuters' amazingly blatant bias any longer, I see this over at Yourish.com.
In a breathtaking example of why I no longer read, and rarely quote the Reuters news agency, we have this years Israel-as-Grinch story. The inaccuracies abound:
Bethlehem walled off by Israel this Christmas
21 Dec 2005 09:12:01 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Megan Goldin
Meryl somehow manages to make this story funny and pathetic at the same time. Go read.
Then compare this AP story published in The Guardian, no less, a few days ago:
Israeli Army to Ease Access to Bethlehem
Monday December 19, 2005 11:31 PM
AP Photo JRL124
SARAH EL DEEB
Associated Press Writer
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel will ease access to Bethlehem during Christmas in a "calculated risk'' meant to let Christian pilgrims celebrate the holiday freely in the West Bank town, security officials said Monday.
Israeli Lt. Col. Aviv Feigel said pilgrims will not need permission from the army to enter the town, the traditional birthplace of Jesus. The military also will try to speed entry by conducting spot checks of random tourist buses rather than checking every bus, he said.
Arab Israelis and Christian Palestinians will be allowed to drive into Bethlehem, Feigel said.
"We are taking a calculated risk by easing steps and that is because we are well aware of the importance of Bethlehem,'' Feigel told reporters.
He also said Palestinian Christians will be allowed into Israel to visit family. Restrictions are to be eased starting Dec. 24 until Jan. 18, when the Armenian church celebrates Christmas, he said.
Reuters takes seeing the glass half empty to a whole new level.
