CENTCOM says AP’s "Iraqi police source" isn’t Iraqi police -- Part 15 -- Continued from this post.

OK, so this isn't really a Media Malpractice/Jamilgate thing, but it's something I know anyone who's been following the story will appreciate:

Blog of the Week: Flopping Aces
John Hinderaker

This week's Blog of the Week Or So is Flopping Aces. Flopping Aces has recently gotten a lot of attention for its leading role in the Associated Press/Police Captain Jamil Hussein story. Curt, the site's proprietor, says:

Flopping Aces began as a simple blog written by Curt, a street cop in South-Central Los Angeles, who was sick of the liberal bias in our media today. I am a lifelong Reagan Republican and former Marine who doesn't sit idly by when our media attempts to spin their liberal fantasies.

As always, Flopping Aces will be featured as Blog of the Week on Power Line News, and we will link to notable posts here from time to time as well. ...

For another example of why this is appropriate, check out Curt's latest: What's Newsworthy?

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Neck Deep
Confederate Yankee

In a column published last night, Eric Boehlert does an excellent job of showing why David Brock's Media Matters should be regarded as the alimentary canal of punditry; on one end it's good at regurgitation, and on the other, the finalized product is consistently something better flushed.

In Michelle Malkin fiddles while Baghdad burns, Boehlert dishonestly addresses the continuing Associated Press scandal surrounding the "Burning Six" story that emerged from the Sunni enclave of Hurriyah in Baghdad on November 24.

By the next day, even more details had emerged in the AP's story along with a description of why the alleged attacks finally ended.

Synthesize the various versions of the story, and you will have a horrific story of how Shia gunmen attacked while the Iraqi police and military stood by, without interfering, as four mosques were destroyed and as many as 18 people were killed, including six Sunni men pulled from a mosque and burned alive after being doused with kerosene. Only the arrival of American military units brought an end to the carnage.

But here's the problem... there is little to no evidence that any of these events took place. ...

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Michelle responds to the Boehlert piece here.

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Part 15 of a series. Part 16