Social media users slammed the Associated Press' headline on Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's recent obituary, saying it was more friendly to terror leaders than the outlet's obituary for the late Sen. Jim Inhofe.
An Associated Press headline reporting on Nasrallah's death this week described the Hezbollah boss as “charismatic and insightful,” while the outlet's headline on Inhofe's death in July cast a negative light on the late lawmaker. and reminded readers that he “called man-made climate change the bad guy.” 'hoax. '”
Observant X users noticed a difference in tone between the two obituaries. Prominent conservative account @AGHamilton29 said: “This is the true enemy of the people.” He also said the article omits Hezbollah's “entire history of terrorism, explains its mass starvation and murders as 'participating in the conflict in neighboring Syria,' and attempts to portray Hezbollah as 'moderate.'” He also pointed out.
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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli Defense Force attack in Beirut this week. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussain)
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed on Friday that Nasrallah was killed in an attack on the group's headquarters in Lebanon. According to the military organization, Nasrallah was responsible for the killing of many Israeli civilians and soldiers, as well as for planning and carrying out thousands of terrorist acts around the world.
The IDF said Mr. Nasrallah is one of Hezbollah's co-founders and a central decision-maker and strategic leader. Following the IDF announcement, the terrorist organization confirmed his death.
The Associated Press published Nasrallah's obituary on Friday with the original headline: “Charisma and insight: Reflections on longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.” An updated version of this article has a new headline: “Who was Hassan Nasrallah, the longtime leader of Hezbollah?” However, a search of the Internet Archive confirmed the existence of a more generous title.
In addition to the controversial headline, the outlet waited to refer to Hezbollah as a terrorist group and only mentioned the organization's terrorist designation by the United States around the 14th paragraph. of the article.
Rather, the paper called Hezbollah a “Lebanese extremist organization” and “one of the most powerful militias in the Middle East.” The report also described Nasrallah as a “passionate and charismatic leader.”
In an obituary after the congressman's death in July, X users compared the AP's characterization of Nasrallah with the media's characterization of Inhofe, saying that the media's characterization of Inhofe was better than that of the Republican congressman. It suggested he was far more moderate toward terrorist leaders.
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X users complained that the Associated Press was more critical of the late U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe in his obituary than it was of the late terrorist leader Hassan Nasrallah. (Stephanie Reynolds/Getty Images)
Agmilton posted side-by-side screenshots of both obituaries and commented, “The Associated Press on the death of a Republican senator vs. the possible death of a terrorist leader responsible for tens of thousands of deaths.”
heading of Inhofe's obituary from the Associated Press “Former U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, the defense hawk who called man-made climate change a 'hoax,' has died at the age of 89,” it read.
The conservative commentator's post sparked a flurry of criticism from other X users who were outraged by the network's apparently different treatment of the two men.
Conservative political cartoonist Seamus Coughlin commented, “Your opinion of the media is low enough.”
Reporter Sarina Zito declared: “This is shameful.”
Talk radio host Mark Simone called the AG comparison “a great example of how corrupt and biased legacy media has become.”
Pradheep Shankar, a radiologist and National Review columnist, asked, “Why should we respect journalists?”
Human rights lawyer Hillel Neuer slammed the AP's portrayal of Nasrallah, writing, “My condolences @AP,'' “charismatic, insightful…a shrewd strategist.'' .Regarded as a realist… revered by Lebanese Shiite followers.'' …respected by millions of people in the Arab and Islamic world…'Maybe next time, talk to his victims. ”
When asked for comment by Fox News Digital, an Associated Press representative said, “The headline did not accurately reflect the essence of the story and we have changed it accordingly.”
Fox News Digital's Peter Aitken, Lorraine Taylor, Landon Mion and Yonat Friling contributed to this report.
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