AOL BIAS - This is a growing guide to AOL political and religious bias seen by AOL subscribers
AOL shows political and religious bias in its news coverage. The bias is also seen in the use of AOL message board censorship policies.
Poster's messages are deleted by AOL monitors violating AOL's own Terms of Service, TOS. Time Warner has taken no action to stop the bias.

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AOL Hate Mail about President Bush, from one day in October, 2005

AOL BIAS from the last few days of August - very abbreviaed.  Does not begin to cover all the Bias and censorship data

LLa8548882 wrote: 
No rules were violated someone just did not like the subject!
MY POINT MADE WE ARE CENSORED AS TO WHAT WE CAN DISCUSS!
This was America!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AOL BIAS said:  The AOL monitors on many boards may not be Americans.  The AOL parent, Time Warner is not fully owned by Americans,
but by rich Arabs.

 

AOL BIAS seen on August 19, 2006
 


HugYourCatz wrote:  and mine (my AOL post) gone too... volunteer censors might be the problem, a long list of them published last year, many sn's you don't see now. Mostly right wing politically but not all. Ghost surf software will illuminate the trail of the erasing censors.

EMMYM1982 wrote I guess AOL really didn't like my post!   LOL Oh well, here it is again. I'm just putting this out there. :o)
I am a Muslim American and I am really finding it quite irritating to see all this bashing of muslims and immigrants. I was born here in the states, in a Naval hosptial of all places. My dad served in the Navy, his father in the Army, and I have several cousins serving in the Navy, and the Coast guard. My husband is an immigrant and suffered unjust punishment from the FBI and BCIS. On top of it all, every where we go we are spit at, kicked at, have objects thrown at us and obscene phrases hurled in our direction.
   Now, I am a convert. I was raised as a Southern Baptist and later my mother became Catholic. I am fairly well versed in Christian beliefs. What my husband and I are bombarded with nearly daily are not ways in which the Christian faith condones or supports. So, I cannot understand for the life of me why people who associate with Chrisitians would do and say these things. My only explaination is that there are a bunch of bad apples in a greater group of good people.
   Also, for those that may not be of the Christian faith who are doing the same types of things to Muslims in this country. My father raised me to believe that Americans have a responsibility to act in a certain manner. That manner consisting of respect, virtue, honor, compassion, and understanding. He taught me that these are all aspects of being an American and you cannot abandon any of them. He told me that you should fight for those who cannot fight for themselves. You should also protect the rights of all people no matter there origins or beliefs.
   With that being said, I find it very interesting that many people from these back grounds are very quick to judge, condemn, and hate others. It all comes back to a bunch of bad apples in an otherwise good group of people. I understand this and ignore most of the incidents that occur. I would like to acknowledge those that do not do these sorts of things to other people. I must say that for every person who has mad a nasty remark, thrown something at me, kicked at me or spit at me, there has always been one more to come to my aid. This reinforces my belief that people are inherently good.
I have also noticed a pattern after conversing with my helping angels out there, those persons who muster the courage to do what is morally right. They are usually devoted Christians/Jews/ fill in your religion/ Service men or women. They are people who truely believe in their cause and their doctrine. Those who who spew the venom and hate from their mouths/keyboards are those who are not moral in their souls. They have hate in their heart. I am not sure who said it first, but I have heard before; "You hate about others what you hate most about yourself"
   Really I am in pity of these people. All of them. From the terrorists all the way down to the people on these boards preaching hate. Hate leads to hate. Break the cycle and think for yourself. Your souls and what you say is between you and Allah, God, Yaweh, or lack there of. Whatever you prefer to believe. You are ultimately responsible for your own souls. If you believe in the oneness of God and the last days, your soul will stand in judgement and you will eat the words you say today. So choose them wisely. Be careful in your duties to God. God knows best, he is the all knowing and he knows well what is in your hearts.
    Just for the record, as a Muslim I denounce terror in all shapes and forms. No matter who is terrorizing who. It is an immoral and unjust practice. However, I will not apologize for terrorist actions made in the name of Allah (swt). If Muslims "apologize" it means they are taking responsibility for the actions of other people out of their control. Just as I believe that Germans do not owe apologies to Jews, White people today do not owe Black people an apology for slavery, or any other such instances. You cannot and should apologize for the actions of others with results beyond your control.
   As for those who would like to disagree, if you believe all these groups with such instances owe apologies, then there are some groups who have alot of explaining to do. ;o)
 To everyone, Asaalam alekom! (Peace upon you!)
~emmy~
 
Cadidont wrote:     They (AOL) will probably delete this one, too...they've deleted quite a few of my posts, as well. Shite, I was posting in another forum regarding a breast-feeding debate, I was completely on topic and did not use abusive or otherwise inappropriate language, and THAT thread was completely wiped out as well.

It's really starting to piss me off. I'm going to barrage the email they provide for questioning said practice.
Peace,
LB

Socrates8972 wrote: 
 A man was in "Beliefs Christian" and he said another person in the room was a "mental case". I told him that he is breaking commandment number eight and did he know what that was and he said he was TOSing me for that. I said, "He is TOSing me in a Christian room for quoting a commandment?" Turns out he was right. I was TOS?d and told what I said was "harassment". AOL has now proven they violate their own policy  "AOL offers a diverse and robust community. Specific areas, products or services may carry additional standards, and we also expect you to review and abide by the standards of the areas you frequent." AOL is a typical "tolerant liberal" - lip service to diversity, but in the interest of "fairness" harass Christians. The only thing we can be sure of in AOL censorship is that AOL censors are infallible and no criticism of AOL censors will be tolerated.  This is how it works. People come into Christian rooms to attack Christianity. AOL censors have no interest in following Biblical principles, so AOL censors will usually side with the anti-Christian than with the Christian. I doubt there is any AOL censor who knows or cares about Biblical principles. AOL censors are welcome tools of the anti-Christian. I was without a single AOL TOS for about 15 years. When I suddenly started to stand up for my Catholic faith in the "Beliefs Catholic", I suddenly got numerous TOS?s. My complaints were to no avail. Go to Christian and Catholic rooms and do light, foolish, van talk, but any real defense of your faith will not be tolerated by AOL censors. Are you happy that we have AOL censors to keep us in line?

Reneesuze wrote: Very few boards are monitored directly by AOL these days. But any individual can report whatever they consider a TOS violation.
Personally I could care less if I get one. I am not afraid to speak my mind......

 
JACKODINO wrote: 
Garbage that is uttered by morons stay and mine are always deleted (by AOL)
 
HeartsofAmeri wrote: 
MINE (My post on AOL's WAR IN IRAQ message board) WAS ALSO DELETED
 
Choice2due wrote: 
This particular board ( war in iraq) has a history of deleting left wing posts or anything that disagrees with the shrub, shrubites and doesnt wave an american flag in the face of we who oppose this invasion of iraq; frankly its disgusting that this happens in america especially with a server named AMERICA ON LINE
 
 
Segueto wrote: 
Reposting due to deletion      Last week Lou Dobbs exposed the government of carrying two sets of books:  What the White House says and what the Office of Management and Budget says (deceptive accounting practices).  Yesterday Dobbs exposed the fact that billions (with a "B") are missing and unaccounted for, mostly through the Dept. of Defense.  Here is yet another example of how the government hides / steals money. (The message contained the headline)  FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD IMPEDES THE WANTA PLAN BERNANKE DEFIES THE U.S. TREASURY AND THE PEOPLE Thursday 20 July 2006 03:10

 


 

AOL BIAS seen on August 10 and August 11, 2006
 

Aleph1960 wrote on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:34 AM
MUSLIM TERRORISTS AND POST ONLY ALLOWS ANTI BUSH STATEMENTS???????  This is so ridiculous and biased.. cant fly .. a plot to blow up planes and the only posts left on AOL are about bush??? and a few British comments. Where is the outrage
AOL BIAS Editor's Note: Thanks for the AOL post
 

Aleph196: i have aol tech on my board in IM with a black insignia???  i wrote something about BBC bias in London and they took off entire post.. i said something about muslims being terrorists and we have lost our freedom of flying they took it off... please document
AOL BIAS Editor's Note: Thanks for sending the information I will add it to the long list. I would especially like to see posts from other people -- not in our group --
who are complaining about AOL or media bias.
Aleph1960 also sent some interesting information Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:30 AM
heartohmy wrote in the message thread AOL REMOVED THREAD BECAUSE I SAID MEDIA INCITES PEOPLE
 Haven't checked but they may have done mine too .  I agreed with you that they aren't good for anything.  What happened to FREEDOM .AOL SHAME ON YOU. No wonder you are loosing your accounts.
AOL BIAS Editor's Note: Thanks to Aleph1960 for finding this post.  I invited heartohmy to join our group

Joofreaks apparently wrote: so if a jew and an arab had a kid ,would that kid grow up to be someone who pickpockets you while he beheads you?
AOL BIAS Editor's Note:  Thanks Aleph for sending this example of posts that AOL inspires.  I am making a post to ask if this was posted under her name by a Jew and Arab hater.  When I went to the board this message was deleted.  I think I'll ask this person if they want to join our group, especially if they are censoring her messages.  Its messages like this that help show the mentality of some of those who hate Jews and -- seemingly Arabs..  ALSO - if you find a post is hateful you can click on NOTIFY AOL and ask to have it removed.  We have at least one member who is outraged at the posts that AOL leaves up compared to the ones they delete.  For myself, I would rather not delete vile posts.  It's better to ignore them -- or if the subject is particularly biased -- to bump it up with a reasoned response. 

By Debbie Schlussel
 http://www.debbieschlussel.com/

Debbie Schlussel: Hezbollah High: Dearbornistan Terrorists' Principal
is Hezbollah Leader's Relative; Days Off For Extremist Campaigns
 

By Debbie Schlussel

Early yesterday, when I wrote about "All-American" Islamic Terrorists Ali Houssaiky and Osama Sabhi Abulhassan a/k/a "The Dearbornistan
Boys," I noted that both are graduates of Dearborn's Fordson High School a/k/a "Hezbollah High." As I wrote, Houssaiky was the star
running back and co-captain of Fordson's football team. (More abou them here.)

The school's principal, Imad Fadlallah, is a relative of Hezbollah spiritual leader Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, a Specially
Designated Terrorist (SDT) on the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Control terrorist list, used by the State Department.
Imad Fadlallah's wife, Susan, is the daughter of Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, who was Hezbollah's negotiator during the 1985
TWA flight 847 hijacking during which Hezbollah tortured to death Navy Diver Robert Dean Stethem. Before that, he was the head of the
Shi'ite Amal Militia, which has been absorbed into Hezbollah.


Hezbollah High: Fordson Principal Imad Fadlallah is Hezbollah Spiritual Leader/Terrorist Mohammed Fadlallah's Cousin
Another cousin, Majed Fadlallah, is Fordson's Assistant Principal. And the school is a virtual one-stop employment shack for many of the
cousins of Hezbollah's Sheikh Mohammed Fadlallah.

The Dearbornistan Terrorist Boys' former principal, Imad Fadlallah, told The Detroit Spews that both terrorists are great kids:
Osama is the son that anybody would dream of having. Yes, anybody like Fadlallah, who is a Hezbollah leader's cousin.
The school is the nation's only Muslim-dominated public high school . . . for now. The vast majority of its students are Arab
Muslims, primarily of Lebanese descent, with some from Yemen and other Arab Muslim nations. USA Today showed the school's football
team engaged in Islamic prayers, yet not a peep from the ACLU. The politics of hate are rampant at the school. Non-Arab, non-Muslim
minorities who've attended Fordson describe the bigotry they felt at the school, akin to dhimmitude in ancient Muslim Arabia. It is a
cesspool of hate.

Hezbollah High: Fordson High School On election day, November 2005, Principal Imad Fadlallah gave Fordson's students an excused absence to work for the Arab American  Political Action Committee (AAPAC) and its endorsed candidates, including Palestinian convicted felon and school board candidate Nael  AbuNab a/k/a Neal AbuNab (he has two other aliases listed in his criminal record). AAPAC's officers are prominent Hezbollah supporters in town. At least one of AAPAC's donors heads a charity that is under investigation for funding HAMAS and Al-Qaeda insurgent terrorists in Iraq. For giving the day off to students to work for AAPAC, AAPAC
gave Imad Fadlallah an award.

AAPAC's Secretary, Lola Elzein, over the past year has sent me these death threats, saying she will rape, torture, and kill me, my
parents, and my grandparents. Despite that, AAPAC refuses to depose her . . . or even to denounce her death threats.

ACLU Hassle Free @ Hezbollah High:
Football Players Say Islamic Prayers @ Tax-Funded Public High School After radio talk show host Roger Hedgecock, subbing for Rush Limbaugh
on has nationally syndicated show, read my column on the air, an ignorant spokesman for Dearborn Public Schools called in with a half hearted defense of the school, claiming the school did not hold Hezbollah rallies. Well, of course not, as it is still out for the
summer.   But many of Fordson's students, as I wrote, did attend pro-Hezbollah
rallies held throughout Dearborn and Detroit.

Whether or not Fordson holds official pro-terrorist events within the building is irrelevant. Fordson High School--Hezbollah High--is Hate
U.S.A.
Your tax dollars at work.
Proud Grads of Hezbollah High (Fordson High School):
Dearbornistan Boy Terrorists Ali Houssaiky and Osama Sabhi Abulhassan
Posted by Debbie on August 11, 2006 10:29 AM to Debbie Schlussel

 


 


 

AEC525 wrote on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 4:27 PM
   AOL I JUST HIJACKED A POST I MADE  IN SUPPORT OF AMERICA AND ISRAEL BY POSTING IT TO AN ANTI MESSAGE  CREATING FALSE MESSAGE BY ME  F---- THEM----   THREAD TITLES IS THE WAY TO FIGHT THEM  EVEN IF THEY DELETE ITS UP AT LEAST UNTIL THEY SEE AND DELETE IT
Editors Note:  Hijacking posts in order to make it look like you wrote something you did not write is, in my mind, one of the worst things that happens on the AOL message boards.  This also happened to me once.

ShootDaMoon69 wrote: Subject: Deletion Again
     Again, when I placed replies on the War in Lebanon m/b, they were immediately deleted along with posts that I commented on.  Mind you, these posts were purely pro-Bush and pro-war; they were comments on why we must take the offensive to save ourselves.  And someone definitely does not want any good American to get the idea that placing the offensive on the Arab doorstep is in line with getting that done!  The board is so full of pro-Taliban, pro-Hezbollah, and pro-terrorist crap that any good American would might as well have a caniption fit because it's enough to turn his stomach!  In short, I want my say without some foreign power sympathizer deleting my pro-American posts and infringing upon my constitutional right to unequivocally guaranteed freedom of speech!  

Editors Note:  I guess pro Bush and pro war was too much for the monitors.

Hcarole839 wrote:
MY FRIENDS, THE ATTACHED IS A SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL TO THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.. WHETHER YOU SIDE WITH ISRAEL OR HATE THE JEWS YOU SHOULD AT LEAST READ WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.. OPEN YOUR MIND THEN MAKE A DECISION ON HOW YOU STAND, NOW!!  SO MUCH IS SAID AND SO MUCH IS NOT ONLY NOT KNOWN BUT UNTRUE. JEWISH PEOPLE ARE BLAMED FOR, DROUGHT, FLOODS, WARS, TAXES, FAMINE AND ALL THAT IS BAD!! LEARN SOME FACTS THEN DECIDE!! .................." LET MY PEOPLE GO " IN PEACE     PLEASE READ!!!!        IF YOU BELIEVE, SEND IT TO AS MANY AS POSSIBLE, THE WORD MUST GET OUT, THIS IS TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT JUST MAY OPEN YOUR EYES AND Mind                IF I HAD THE 'GIBSON" ADDRESS THEY WOULD GET IT AS WELL!!!!!

The speech below, given by Israeli Prime Minister Olmert, has been forwarded to me by a friend.  I agree with it.   I remember reading about a similar speech to the League of Nations (born 1919, died during World War II!) by the emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, in 1936.  The League ignored Mussolini's war against the Ethiopians at that time, in exactly the same manner as the UN does today to Israel, and for the same reasons.  I well remember the capitulation by England and France to Hitler at Munich in 1938.  Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of Great Britain at that time, returned proclaiming "Peace in our time".  Eight months later, Hitler started World War II.
Peace is not won by cowards.  Israel is fighting a war because it must, not because it wants to
I am circulating this message also as a remembrance of my relatives who were killed in Poland during WWII. But it applies to anyone, Jew or non-Jew, who believes in justice and world peace.  Please read this message and distribute it to others.

----- Original Message -----

From: Murray Kupersmith
To: Home
Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 3:55 PM
Subject: Incredible Speech by PM of Israel

This speech is of the caliber of those given by Winston Churchill during WWII, you MUST read it.
I hope you will pass it on to all your friends and acquaintances who are following the horrendous battle Israel is waging against evil in the Middle East.  They are fighting on our behalf.
--------------------------------

July 31, 2006
Ladies and Gentlemen,

Leaders of the world.  I, the Prime Minister of Israel, am speaking to you from Jerusalem in the face of the terrible pictures from Kfar Kana.  Any human heart, wherever it is, must sicken and recoil at the sight of such pictures.  There are no words of comfort that can mitigate the enormity of this tragedy.  Still, I am looking you straight in the eye and telling you that the State of Israel will continue its military campaign in Lebanon.

The Israel Defense Forces will continue to attack targets from which missiles and Katyusha rockets are fired at hospitals, old age homes and kindergartens in Israel.  I have instructed the security forces and the IDF to continue to hunt for the Katyusha stockpiles and launch sites from which these savages are bombarding the State of Israel.

We will not hesitate, we will not apologize and we will not back off. If they continue to launch missiles into Israel from Kfar Kana, we will continue to bomb Kfar Kana. Today, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Here, there and everywhere. The children of Kfar Kana could now be sleeping peacefully in their homes, unmolested, had the agents of the devil not taken over their land and turned the lives of our children into hell.

Ladies and gentlemen, its time you understood: the Jewish state will no longer be trampled upon. We will no longer allow anyone to exploit population centers in order to bomb our citizens. No one will be able to hide anymore behind women and children in order to kill our women and children. This anarchy is over. You can condemn us, you can boycott us, you can stop visiting us and, if necessary, we will stop visiting you.

Today I am serving as the voice of six million bombarded Israeli citizens who serve as the voice of six million murdered Jews who were melted down to dust and ashes by savages in Europe. In both cases, those responsible for these evil acts were, and are, barbarians devoid of all humanity, who set themselves one simple goal: to wipe the Jewish race off the face of the earth, as Adolph Hitler said, or to wipe the State of Israel off the map, as Mahmoud Ahmedinjad proclaims.

And you - just as you did not take those words seriously then, you are ignoring them again now. And that, ladies and gentlemen, leaders of the world, will not happen again. Never again will we wait for bombs that never came to hit the gas chambers.  Never again will we wait for salvation that never arrives.  Now we have our own air force.  The Jewish people are now capable of standing up to those who seek their destruction - those people will no longer be able to hide behind women and children. They will no longer be able to evade their responsibility.

Every place from which a Katyusha is fired into the State of Israel will be a legitimate target for us to attack.  This must be stated clearly and publicly, once and for all.  You are welcome to judge us, to ostracize us, to boycott us and to vilify us.  But to kill us?  Absolutely not.

Four months ago I was elected by hundreds of thousands of citizens to the office of Prime Minister of the government of Israel, on the basis of my plan for unilaterally withdrawing from 90 percent of the areas of Judea and Samaria, the birth place and cradle of the Jewish people; to end most of the occupation and to enable the Palestinian people to turn over a new leaf and to calm things down until conditions are ripe for attaining a permanent settlement between us.

The Prime Minister who preceded me, Ariel Sharon, made a full withdrawal from the Gaza Strip back to the international border, and gave the Palestinians there a chance to build a new reality for themselves.  The Prime Minister who preceded him, Ehud Barak, ended the lengthy Israeli presence in Lebanon and pulled the IDF back to the international border, leaving the land of the cedars to flourish, develop and establish its democracy and its economy.

What did the State of Israel get in exchange for all of this?  Did we win even one minute of quiet?  Was our hand, outstretched in peace, met with a handshake of encouragement?  Ehud Barak's peace initiative at Camp David let loose on us a wave of suicide bombers who smashed and blew to pieces over 1,000 citizens, men, women and children.  I don't remember you being so enraged then.  Maybe that happened because we did not allow TV close-ups of the dismembered body parts of the Israeli youngsters at the Dolphinarium?  Or of the shattered lives of the people butchered while celebrating the Passover seder at the Park Hotel in Netanya?  What can you do - that's the way we are.  We don't wave body parts at the camera.  We grieve quietly.

We do not dance on the roofs at the sight of the bodies of our enemy's children - we express genuine sorrow and regret. That is the monstrous behavior of our enemies.  Now they have risen up against us.  Tomorrow they will rise up against you.  You are already familiar with the murderous taste of this terror.  And you will taste more.

(In a loud and clear voice)

And Ariel Sharon's withdrawal from Gaza.  What did it get us?  A barrage of Kassem missiles fired at peaceful settlements and the kidnapping of soldiers.  Then too, I don't recall you reacting with such alarm.  And for six years, the withdrawal from Lebanon has drawn the vituperation and crimes of a dangerous, extremist Iranian agent, who took over an entire country in the name of religious fanaticism and is trying to take Israel hostage on his way to Jerusalem - and from there to Paris and London.

An enormous terrorist infrastructure has been established by Iran on our border, threatening our citizens, growing stronger before our very eyes, awaiting the moment when the land of the Ayatollahs becomes a nuclear power in order to bring us to our knees.  And make no mistake - we won't go down alone.  You, the leaders of the free and enlightened world, will go down along with us.

So today, here and now, I am putting an end to this parade of hypocrisy.  I don't recall such a wave of reaction in the face of the 100 citizens killed every single day in Iraq.  Sunnis kill Shiites who kill Sunnis, and all of them kill Americans - and the world remains silent.  And I am hard pressed to recall a similar reaction when the Russians destroyed entire villages and burned down large cities in order to repress the revolt in Chechnya.  And when NATO bombed Kosovo for almost three months and crushed the civilian population - then you also kept silent.  What is it about us, the Jews, the minority, the persecuted, that arouses this cosmic sense of justice in you?  What do we have that all the others don't?

In a loud clear voice, looking you straight in the eye, I stand before you openly and I will not apologize.  I will not capitulate.  I will not whine.  This is a battle for our freedom.  For our humanity.  For the right to lead normal lives within our recognized, legitimate borders.  It is also your battle.  I pray and I believe that now you will understand that.  Because if you don't, you may regret it later, when it's too late.

AOL BIAS Editor's Note: I wonder if the speech would stay up on AOL?
Rocky2005 wrote
Doesnt the stories on aol seem to be mostly one sided? They will have very little info on the other side where as they seem to favor one side more.

SiAlva wrote doesnt AOL get its news from CNN or same co owns both ?    That speaks volumes .
 

Judym191 wrote: Check out AOL Message Boards -- War on Terror -- AOL SQUELCHES VALID COMMENTS

 

Rich Diamond wrote:

While I do not agree with the authors opinions I do respect him for his thoughts and style. It is an excellently written, intelligent piece. I would have liked an opportunity to discuss the issues with him. I wish there was a way that AOL could offer a forum where such a discussion and exchange of ideas could happen. Instead we  have message boards that totally deny the freedom of expression for intelligent discussion and instead have made it a playground for the uninformed, the  people who can only spew hate, and people who have obvious psychological issues. AOL says they offer a community service. I say they have reneged on
that obligation.
AOL BIAS Editor's Note:  Thanks for sending the link I will add it to the page on media bias, when I get to it, as an example of a source that is even
LESS biased that USA media.
AOL BIAS Editor = Me, Dick Amann Ramann2996@aol.com
 

Rich Diamond wrote:
Good morning RA,
Received one by email last night from one of our group. I immediately opened an IM session and began by asking if the enemy was complaining about pro-Israeli bias?   If so RA has an obligation to offer membership in our group. We are apolitical-the Big Tent theory.We are here to complain about AOL bias period. It also adds to our credibility if opposing views are included. The more inclusive we are, the better chance we have of getting AOL to back off on political censorship and for them to go after the troublemakers who are destroying the objectives of this forum.
AOL BIAS Editor's Note: Thanks for your support.  I do feel our group must represent all people who see AOL bias.  But, in the past few days I have made some posts (that I really believe) that have been purposely moderate. I don't want anyone looking at the long lists of complaints about bias that we have seen and then find some ranting  and raving from me.   I have ranted and raved in the past before I came to realize that ranting and raving did no good.  It would be especially bad on our biggest current issue (MIDDLE EAST CRISIS) to appear too fanatically pro Israel, although I do post -- and will post -- that it s the USA's best interest to get rid of all terrorists and support those who  are also in the battle (including - as I said in posts today, Arabs and Muslims)..  After making the posts I realized I should say something about what I was doing and why I was doing it.
RipIsSmokin wrote: QUOTE OF THE MONTH
In a recent interview, General Norman Schwartzkopf was asked if he thought there was room for forgiveness toward Hizbollah. The General said
I believe that forgiving Hizbollah is God's function. The Israeli's job is to arrange the meeting.
AOL BIAS Editor's Note: I know he has said something like this about terrorists in the past.  When did he say this recently?

RipIsSmokin also provided this good news: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:58 AM
Subject: Just got a call from AIPAC
After my email to them, they checked it out, sending me a link to a media watchdog org. that might help   AIPAC wishes us luck
 

RipIsSmokin wrote: Sent: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 3:13 PM
Subject: i wrote it they (AOL) deleted m

Re: islam wants to destroy jews as well as christia...   Americans For Peace
Re: islam wants to destroy jews as we...    #1 - 8/11/06 03:11 PM (Msg Id: 563839:294448)
Bertsanman wrote: ONLY AFTER 1948. WE GOT ALONG GOOD WITH MUSLIMS BEFORE 1948.THE WAR TO CREATE ISRAEL IS 58 YEARS OLD.
They (AOL) deleted my response.
AOL BIAS Editor's Note:  Thanks for sending the information I will add it to the long list. I would especially like to see posts from other people -- not in our group -- who are complaining about AOL or media bias.
AOL BIAS Editor = Me, Dick Amann Ramann2996@aol.com

 ReallyMongoose wrote on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 6:14 PM
Subject: My apologies for my post the other day, thank you for bring me to my senses
My cousin was in London.  He was headed back to New York ( Laguardia Airport ) I was out of mind with rage. I know I really went over the edge.  I hope you can forgive me and realize that I was out of control of my emotions.  I left the board for awhile to calm down and God did deal with me that I have all the tools necessary I am just not going to be able to use them if I get into the flesh like that.  I could write 10,000 good posts and 1 bad one is all it will take to discredit me.  I am thankful for your correction that was right after my post.  I couldn't accept anything at that moment but I do receive what you said. It was the truth. I cannot go off into a razor sharp tongue tirade ( as I did before becoming saved ) I apologize RAmann.  I am trying to deal with a lot right now.  But it was no excuse. 
Mrs. M.

AOL BIAS Editor's Note: No need to apologize. I often used to write posts when I was angry -- It really does help to alleviate the anger.  But, the post won't do much.  It's better to calm down some other way and then write posts people won't dismiss as angry. 
 

ShootDaMoon69 wrote on Sat, 12 Aug 2006 10:34 PM
Subject: Deletion of Castro Post

     I thought it was bad enough that my posts regarding the war and Israel were deleted, but now my posts regarding Fidel Castro have now been compromised.  So, I believe anything--and I mean anything--that is truly pro-American is being scrutinized and ultimately deleted.  What do you think?
AOL BIAS Editor's Note:  I think the AOL monitors bias is clearer on the MIDDLE EAST CRISIS board than other boards, but the bias of individual AOL monitors is seen on many other boards, too.


AOL BIAS seen in the first ten days of August 2006
 

In8lyfun wrote: 
It is quite unsettling that posting after posting is anti Israel........anti USA......anti BUSH.......Lucky for us, we AMERICANS  freedom of speech!.......Israel is our friend and a people who care about each and every one of its citizens.....and democracy and a FREE world........The WAR on TERROR isn't going away........
Suicide bombings continue in Iraq...........Plot to blow up planes heading from England to USA........HEZBOLLAH continues to rage on and on about wiping the JEWS off the face of the earth.....Has everyone lost theri MINDS?????
Today's news:
Investigators on three continents worked to fill in the full, frightening picture Friday of a plot to blow U.S. jetliners out of the Atlantic skies, tracking the money trail and seizing more alleged conspirators in the teeming towns of eastern Pakistan.".........etc.,etc.
Editors Note: I'll be counting the minutes that AOL allows this post to remain.  Some AOL posters monitors do not like to be challenged about AOL bias.  (Added note:  I went back to the board a few minutes after seeing this - it was gone.

 

An2Anders wrote: 
 I agree AOL is very biased and Anti Israel
Editors Note: I'll send you an invitation to join our group fighting AOL bias.
 


 

DOC91678 wrote: 

They deleted a number of mine as well. I used the TOS to complain to AOL and recovered some. Yet, I notice that about ten posts are still missing for the past couple of days.  Is this really happening because of AOL or is the opposition deleting the posts?
 Editors Note:  DOC: I have seen new posts by you that got deleted before I had a chance to respond to them.  From all I have seen, here's my opinion.  AOL selects people as monitors, gives them free AOL service, and allows them to manage the boards -- in accordance with Terms of Service,  Different monitors have different sensibilities, even when using the Terms of Service.  Some monitors ignore the terms of service and try to use their position as a monitor to slant what appears on the board.  I think this is particularly true on this message board about the MIDDLE EAST CRISIS.  At any rate, THIS message thread has been up for over an hour.  It's the first time I have seen a post on this board, questioning AOL bias, that has been allowed to remain for so long.


Wed, 9 Aug 2006 5:40 PM
DOC91678 wrote: I just tried to reply to you on the message board. Wrote confirming that several posts were deleted.
There is nothing posted on the board.
Something is going on. I would definitely like to know what it is.
Do the "Terrorists" now control AOL?
Editors Note:  I just got off the message board after putting up a response to you -- where I even commented on the fact that AOL had allowed the thread to remain up so long.  I will continue to collect examples of the AOL bias, although I would hope this AOL executive can put a stop to it.  It LOOKS like this message board is controlled either by terrorists or terrorist supporters.  Of course, terrorist might be a good word because they do seem to want to terrorize AOL users by denying them service.  As soon as I hear something from the AOL executive I will send a message to our AOL BIAS group. 
 

Can anyone find the message thread about Time Warner investigating AOL bias?  It was on the board for over an hour.  It had many messages.  There was no foul language or hate-filled messages (some sarcasm, f course) but now it's gone.  Some posters here have suggested AOL does not delete posts but that people do not have the technical skills to find them.  Could someone find that thread for me -- it had approximately the same title as this thread.
 

TUFJAY65 wrote on Wed, 9 Aug 2006 4:41 PM
I tried to get the word out about two documentaries.  I think the name of these have some sort of keyword and get deleted.  So, I've been reduced to IMing people to try to get their attention (very improper!).  This is what I'm sending out, hoping people won't ignore me.
 There are video links being deleted off the board as soon as they come up.  It seems anything pro-Israel gets deleted.  These are incredibly powerful documentaries that show exactly what kind of enemy the Muslims are.  They are 1 hr long each, but well worth the time to download.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2533702461706761547&q=Relentless&hl=en
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2967276362246845611&q=obsession&hl=en
Editors Note: Thanks for the information.  I'll post it on a web site the group fighting AOL BIAS has put up.  I'll also ask you to join the group 

Mivogo wrote: 

They (AOL) deleted the post I sent back to you!
They say they delete "offensive" posts, yet leave hate-posts making fun of Jews, about putting them in ovens, etc. But a more moderate, human post that is pro-Israel (or pro-US) is often deleted--and a post questioning AOL is a prime target for deletion. Guess a free press is only free for some ("liberals" is too general--it's the left wing ideologue/true believers and the outright haters on the left (and right) that get a free pass from AOL. Interesting.

Editors Note: Thanks for the information.  Join our group fighting one side AOL deletions.  I'll send you an invitation.

 SMPxSPY wrote: 

I have lost some of my post. this sort of thing has been going on since the beginning of the boards. depending on the beleifs of the current moderators post are nixed from the board.

Editors Note: I have been on these boards for a long time and I agree with you.  But, on this board, MIDDLE EAST CRISIS the deletions have been incredible, even when there is no reason to try and link the deletions to TOS.
 

Spellbound62 wrote: 
I've already had two posts deleted regarding my feelings towards ALL western religions (most would consider my viewpoint from the left)...so, yes, it happens across the board.
Editors Note: Thanks for the information.  We have seen censorship at AOL identified on religious matters.  I'll list your complaint.
 

Lenilia wrote: 

joep333,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,i would end paying that much attention to that, one of these days  aol is going to be deleted,,,,,,,,

Editors Note: Thanks.  Feel free to join our group acting to minimize AOL bias.  There is now a Time Warner executive looking into complaints of AOL bias.
 

parisle2006 wrote: 

------They've deleted several of mine ,.... (on the MIDDLE EAST CRISIS boards on August 9, 2006)

Editors Note: Thanks.  Feel free to join our group acting to minimize AOL bias.

 Joep333 wrote: 

They sure are (deleting posts on MIDDLE EAST CRISIS boards on August 9, 2006)

Editors Note: Thanks.  Feel free to join our group acting to minimize AOL bias.


 SKYPLANE wrote: 

AOL just proved how left it is by the many pictures of destruction in Lebanon. How about some pics of the destruction that Israel is suffering at the hands of Hezbollah?
I'm very thankful for Internet bloggers and the Internet for finding accurate and truthful information.

Editors Note: How dare you post such a message questioning AOL's choice of pictures to post.  Do you have no respect for AOL's efforts to modify
your politically incorrect views? You WILL accept the truth as AOL knows it to be.  Failure to do so may result in your posts being deleted.  If you continue
to question AOL's responsible corporate effortsto improve your politically incorrect thoughts, you may be denied AOL service. 
If you are NOT into accepting AOL's bias, join the group fighting AOL BIAS.  I'll send you an invitation.

 

Ledheadmoparman1 wrote: 

AOL stands for Arabs Online - didn't you know that AOL is Arab owned?

Editors Note: My post, with the details of AOL having a major part of it owned by  company headed up by an Arab Prince was repeatedly deleted by AOL.

If you are NOT into mind control, join the group fighting AOL BIAS.  I'll send you an invitation

 
 

 

Pavinz wrote: 

AND DON'T THEY (AOL) JUST KEEP HUSHED ABOUT OLBERMANN GETTING A LETTER FROM THE ANTI-DEFAMATION PEOPLE - SINCE LEFTY MSNBC IS A
SISTER AFFILIATE OF THEIRS -    RAISING HIS HAND IN A NAZI SALUTE - RATINGS ARE IN THE TOILET - LEFTY AOL HAS LOST MILLIONS OF SUBSCRIBERS -
LET GO OF 35% OF THEIR EMPLOYEES AND KEEPING SHUT MOUTH ABOUT THEIR AOL DISCREPANCIES ON CUSTOMERS -    STILL HAVEN'T READ ONE
DAMN THING FROM AOL ABOUT WHAT AOL WAS DOING TO THEIR CUSTOMERS.     >>> 

Editors Note: How dare you post such a message questioning AOL's attempts to modify your behavior by providing you only the correct information.  Anti-defamation messages from complaining about news coverage are an attempt to censor MSNBC's and AOL's truth.  Accept the truth as AOL knows it to be.  Failure to do so will result in your posts being deleted.  If you continue to question AOL's responsible corporate efforts
to improve your politically incorrect thoughts, you may be denied AOL service.  If you are NOT into mind control, join the group fighting AOL BIAS.  I'll send you an invitation.

 

 


Irnmn164 wrote: 

WHY IS IT THAT AOL PRESENTS PAGE AFTER PAGE OF ISRAELS ATTACKS IN LEBANON.  THEY REPORT NOTHING OF WHAT STARTED THE CONFLICT OR
HEZBOLLAHS USING AN IMPOTENT LEBANON TO HIDE BEHIND.  TRY THE TRUTH ABOUT IRAN AND SYRIA EXPORTING VIOLENCE TO ISRAEL THROUGH
HEZBOLLAH AND HAMAS.  IT IS A SHAME AOL AND THE OTHER RAGS FEEL SPIN SELLS MORE NEWSPAPERS THAN TRUTH.

Editors Note: How dare you post such a message questioning AOL's attempts to modify your behavior by providing you only the correct information. 
Accept the truth as AOL sees it.  Failure to do so will result in your posts being deleted.  If you are extremely unable to accept AOL's good corporate citizenship efforts
to improve your politically incorrect thoughts, you may be denied AOL service.  If you are NOT into mind control, join the group fighting AOL BIAS.  I'll send you an invitation.


DOWNYOURS wrote:

How about all the people the Muslims have been killing in Israel and all over the rest of the world all these years?
How about the fact that we have to go through security checks everywhere just because Arabs have been hijacking planes for all these years?
Cut the bullshit, AOL, and start telling the truth about the disease called Islam.

Editors Note: How dare you post such a message questioning AOL's attempts to modify your behavior by providing you only the correct information. 
Accept the truth as AOL sees it.  If you are NOT into mind control, join the group fighting AOL BIAS.  I'll send you an invitation.


Housebuilder8 wrote the following message which was deleted by AOL, although it met AOL's Terms of Service:
WHY DOESN'T AOL SHOW ISRAEL'S DEAD.
THEY SHOW LEBANON'S DEAD ALMOST IN ALL THE PICTURES
YET THEY DON'T SHOW THE DEAD IN ISRAEL. DO YOU THINK THEY WANT YOU AND I TO HATE ISRAEL? I THINK THEIR
DOING A GOOD JOB OF P/R FOR THE HEZBOLLAH AND THE PEOPLE OF LEBANON. TOTAL BIAS.


 RipIsSmokin wrote:
Subject: I was TOS'd again (This means AOL stopped all of RipIsSmoking's access to AOL)

I came across an anti-Israel post that was full of encryption errors which means it was a computer generated download.
My violation was to respond to the post with: " Better let Al-Jezeera know their handouts have glitches"

I will be contacting NY Congressmen & Senators as well as the ACLU.

Editors Note:  If it isn't too much trouble can you please document the anti-Israel pieces that are allowed to stay. If you come across 9/11 jokes
document that also.
 

TOSBoards2 wrote to an AOL subscriber whose post had been deleted.  The poster had questioned someone who made a joke about those killed on
9/11 by Islamic terrorists, writing, "You gotta be kidding making fun of Americans who were killed on 9/11. You gotta be a raghead."  The AOL biased
moniitors allow many jokes about Jesus Christ, Jews, America's religious right, Christians, those killed on 9/11 and others.  Questioning the jokes can get an
AOL subscriber censored.  Here's waht AOL wrote to this person saying:
Dear Member,
America Online has a Terms of Service agreement which provides community guidelines for online conduct.  I need to let you know that we received a
report regarding a violation of those guidelines on one of our Message Boards.  Here is the information I have placed on the account regarding this incident:
Sombrerokid143: Inappropriate Message Board Post
Date/Time: 8/6/2006 6:10 PM EDTSubject: Re: Good 9/11 joke
Clip of Violation: You gotta be kidding making fun of Americans who were killed on 9/11. You gotta be a raghead.
 Our Terms of Service agreement, which was presented when you opened your AOL account, allows America Online to be informative, entertaining and,
above all, fun for all of our members.  (Editor Note:  It seems the AOL censors thinks AOL subscribers whose loved ones were killed on 9/11 have fun by reading jokes
about the murders.)  You can review that agreement at Keyword: TOS. Also, you may want to take a look at Keyword: Parental Controls.
Parental Controls allow you to restrict the online activities of specific screen names on your account. For information on how to protect your account, be
sure to visit Keyword: Safety.
Thank you for taking the time to read this letter. Since this screen name cannot accept replies, please direct any comments or questions to screen name
TOSGeneral.
Regards,
Community Action Team
America Online, Inc 


 DryanPsyMA  wrote:  There were 13 posts on this thread (about Asinine Democrats)     AOL deleted the entire Thread except for (this one) written by TEX1Hummer: 
BUSH  SCREWED  THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SO BAD ITS PATHETIC & YOU REPS HAVE THE NERVE TO TALK GRAP. WAKE UP WHAT PLANET ARE YOU ON ?
HE'S LIED HIS WAY ALL  THE  WAY & IS NOTHING BUT A WAR MONGER MURDER  CALLING A WAR HE HAD NO  CLUE .
HE IS NO HERO & YOU REPS ARE JUST BLIND WHY DON'T YOU SIGN UP ! OH I KNOW YOU BAILED LIKE BUSH DID IN THE NAM WAR. 
DADDY BAILED HIS SORRY ASS OUT THE DRUNKEN  PARTY BOY & LAURA AS WELL.  HYPOCRIT REPS ARE SICKNING !!!!   SO KISS THIS ONE
Editors Note:  Perhaps the AOL monitor felt that Bush hate messages met AOL's Terms of Service requirements.  Of course a monitor that sees no problems
with Bush hate messages might find any message supporting Bush to be annoying.

 

Shotokan1968 wrote:  My post "Koran joke ensues" was deleted immediately tho i got no notification, this is the 4th time one of my posts having to deal with
 the middle east has been bounced, all of them poked fun at islam, but in a non threatening  or crude way. i post on a ton of issues but only the ones where i make
fun of islam get bounced ,.. hmmm pretty obvious to me an islamic guy must be on shift,.. my humor posts  on topics such as Bush, republicans, democrats,
ms jackson, etc never have a problem . then again Saudi's do own a large share of aol, shrug,.. personaly i think the guy should be fired when they find him.
Editors Note:  You don't get notified when the AOL monitor deletes your post.  You do not get told why.  I suppose a joke about a religious matter could be
considered a violation of Terms of Service although I have seen jokes about Jesus Christ, Christianity, Judaism, Jews and Christians that do not get deleted. 
It would appear the AOL zealous monitors have different views than normal people about what kind of religious jokes are offensive.

 Hcarole839 wrote:  OH YES THEY (AOL) DO (Delete Messages)!!!! I HAVE NEVER CUSSED AT SOME OF THE STUPID COMMENTS, JUST
TOLD THEM WHAT I THOUGHT WITH CLASS AND I RECEIVED A MESSAGE TELLING ME I VIOLATED THE GUIDE
LINES. FROM THAT DAY ON I HAVE NOT HAD A COMMENT POSTED!! I IN TURN SENT AOL, COMMENTS FROM
THIS SUBJECT WHERE (LEBANON) IDIOTS USED WORDS I CAN'T REPEAT. DISGUSTING AND EVEN HAD A LINK
TO VIEW AND YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT IT WAS. E-MAIL ME AND I'LL SEND IT TO YOU, BUT BE WARNED!!
THEY, AOL, HAVE A MENTAL PROBLEM.   THIS WILL NOT MAKE IT!
PAUL
Editors Note: I agree.  They do delete posts and they "claim" deletions are done because of terms of service (TOS) violations, even when they're not. 
We have a group of people fighting AOL bias.  Let me know if you would like to join.


 DOC91678 wrote:  AOL has been infiltrated by terrorists.   If you have any doubts, read the anti-semetic rhetoric on theses boards. If you still have any
doubts start answering the hate filled posts and see what happens to your messages.
Editors Note: The frantic fanatic monitors deleted your post before I could respond.  It's clear the AOL monitors were violating TOS when they did so. 
The fools still think they can hide their obvious bias and their twisting of this board into one supporting the Islamic terrorist fanatics by deleting the evidence..


Douglasmhurst wrote: 
 If you're using DSL/Cable/FIOS, go to keyword "CHANGE PLAN" and shift to free.  Also, promise you WILL NOT go to any AOL advertising link buttons. 
If you see something you want, find the URL via MSIE outside AOL.
Maybe if AOL sees their revenue dip low enough, they'll start presenting a fair a balanced account of the news.
Editors Note: Good suggestion.  I have already gotten free service.  AOL is not advertising this on its own AOL services, but it was announced in newspapers.

 NurseReh wrote on August 8, 2006 that AOL was: 
DELETING  MY  MESSAGES....BECAUSE  OF  THEIR  SCREW-UPS !!!!!!!!!!  
SEE  THE  WAR  WITH  IRAN  AND  THE  DRAFT....!!!!!  this is  what  it  took?????
AOL
 Editors Note:  Thanks for sharing your information.  We have a group addressing the AOL monitors deleting posts.  If you want to join, send me an email message at
ramann2996@aol.com  Do you have a copy of the posts they deleted?  I'd like you to send that to me also.  What do you mean when you say mention their 'screw-ups?


DOC91678 wrote:  AOL has been infiltrated by terrorists.   If you have any doubts, read the anti-semetic rhetoric on theses boards.
If you still have any doubts start answering the hate filled posts and see what happens to your messages.
 Editors Note: DOC:  The frantic fanatic monitors deleted your post before I could respond.  It's clear the AOL monitors were violating TOS
when they did so.  The monitors still think they can hide their obvious bias and their twisting of this board into one supporting the
Islamic terrorist fanatics by deleting the evidence.

As much evidence as possible is being saved.  I have created two web pages today.  One describes the growing list of poster complaints. 
The other provides information on what to do to combat AOL bias with AOL's management.  Here are links to the pages:

Hijodegarbo wrote: I heard aol lost something like close to a million subscribers. pretty soon it will be a
million and one, because I'm currently shopping for a less expensive and less bias server.
Editors Note: Let me know if you want to know about getting AOL service for free, and if yo would like to join our AOL BIAS group to fight AOL bias.
Send me email at ramann2996@aol.com and put IMPORTANT into the subject heading.
running029 wrote in AOL CHARGES 3 TIMES WHAT ITS WORTH:   AFTER 5 YEARS (on AOL) IM GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE
Editors Note: Let me know if you want to know about getting AOL service for free, and if you would like to join our AOL BIAS group to fight AOL bias.
Send me email at ramann2996@aol.com and put IMPORTANT into the subject heading.
Ramann2996 wrote: This is a cease fire proposal to AOL.  I will stop posting messages about AOL's extremist anti-Israel bias on this message board after
midnight, August 8, 2006, if this boards monitors stop deleting posts that do not violate TOS.  You have until 9:00 AM  Wednesday, August 9 to respond. 
If you do not respond, or if you delete this message, the offer is null and void.  If you accept this offer, but then delete postings that do not violate TOS,
further action will be taken to protect the free exchange of community ideas on AOL.

WilliamB1026 wrote: I thinkmonitors switch: one day they are pro-Israel; the next day, con-Israel. 
 Editors Note: Your suggestion makes sense if the deletions are done by individual selectively following their own biases. 
Most of what I have seen on this message board - CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST - has been anti Israeli for about 7 days.  Do you have any examples

Ramann2996 wrote:  When the fanatics want to control free speech, the weak will give up and surrender. 
The strong -- who believe in free speech and open discussion -- will stand and fight the fanatics wherever they are -- which, now, -- is right here
on AOL's message boards.  The AOL monitors on the CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST message board deleted this message.

 VnyeSS writes:   Even if I got the (AOL) service "free" I wouldn't stay with AOL. The deleting of posts is not the only reason I'm quitting AOL.  I strongly object to
having AOL continuously pop up their ads which interfere with my on-line pleasure.  Particularly since some of them are very distracting with flashing lights, birds
moving along to pick up worms and cars moving across.  And, some are large enough it's necessary to knock them off to continue what I signed on for.  When I sign
on or off I always have at least two ads I have to eliminate.    I've e-mailed them complaining about the ads, and it seemed they threw more on my screen just for
revenge.  But when I inquired about the exact date my subscription expired the numbers were reduced a little, but not eliminated.   I pay for my service and I don't
think I should be forced to look at their ads.   You know, almost 900,000 subscribers have left AOL in the past year.  So, we're not the only ones who are dissatisfied
with the service.
Editors Note: Thanks for the information.  It is the vast loss of subscribers that has forced AOL to try and go to an advertising supported site. 
As you suggest, its hard to imagine how they could get even more ads.

Lorilu1113 wrote in AOL KEEPS DELETING..... FOR NO REASON: (This regular pattern of deletion is)  SOMETHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT
 Editors Note:  You can complain to AOL management by clicking here: How to complain to AOL's management about AOL bias

 Aleph1960 writes:  i said "go live in an arab country you jew haters and see how nice you will be treated"  It posted for three seconds and it was off.. and look
at all the hateful stuff on and this was deleted.. wow the night person is on.. aol should check who is manning board at night
Editors Note:  No one can accuse the monitors of behaving in an unbiased way, although your post might have been deleted as being offensive
to Jew Haters


Ramann2996 wrote the following post that was deleted by AOL in about 30 minutes: A Saudi Prince's company does own a substantial chunk of Time Warner,
AOL's parent company.
Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding Co., chaired by Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Tulal, wants America to know it owns a substantial chunk of such companies as
Procter & Gamble Co., PepsiCo, Citigroup and Time Warner. Not all the honored companies are exactly eager to tout the ties-but they're not making any criticisms either.  
SOURCE:  http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_go1545/is_200405/ai_n6411199


ShootDaMoon69 writes: Last night, I replied to several posts regarding the pair of AZ murder suspects.  I returned today after work to check any response
to my thoughts.  Though the original posts were still there, all but one of my responses were expunged.  At the risk of sounding paranoid, I feel I have an enemy
since I recently accused a certain message board monitor of total bias.  I went so far as to call him an atheist and a communist sympathizer after the erasure of
 the Madalyn Murray O'Hair expose posted on the board regarding the demolition of the 27' cross in San Diego last month.  This was the genesis of the rant
I placed in the ear of the AOL rep. I spoke of in my post you used as an example of bias on the net.
Also, I wrote a lengthy treatise titled, "Why Is It We Never Learn?" and it was posted on the The War In Iraq message board on July 1. It, too, was expunged
after a short stint in the limelight. I believe it was erased due to the light shed on the Arabic word Istilahl which is a Muslim who twists the Holy Scripture of the
Koran to fit his needs. The ending paragraph was this:
By mixing Islamic truth and twisted ideas of self-government, Islamic fundamentalists are hoping to use the U.S. as the witting fall guy. By the ultimate
withdrawal of U.S. forces from the battle theater, it would be just a matter of time before the mediocre forces left to finish the job we started would throw up
their hands and deliver the reins of power to a government no better than the Taliban; unbelievably, a group of thuggish zealots who expect the populace
to honor them as heroes even after they indiscriminately car-bombed them into submission.
In short, I put the finger on what these people are actually attempting to achieve though most people can't see the forest for the trees.
Evidently, the monitor did not sympathize with my thinking!
Editors Note:  The biased AOL monitors will often delete a message they find to be too intelligently written to allow others to see.

DryanPsyMA wrote: (AOL) Deleted 5 posts.....including my reply about "being safer during Clinton" Why did AOL delete the other posts in this thread
(about) REMEMBER WHEN REPUKES THOUGHT CLINTON ...."
Editor's Note: Thanks for sending this information, Could you tell me what AOL message board this was on. Most of the original people in our group were
from CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST and WAR IN IRAQ, where people leaning to the right (and/or supportive of Israel) saw bias. If you see the bias on a
different message board it lends credence to the theory that it is INDIVIDUAL AOL monitors who are doing the bias for their own political agenda. I will put this
into the big list about AOL bias.

Sullie1926 wrote: AOL isn't only one that is biased - Have you read NY Times , Washington Post , Boston News and watched ABC, CBS, CNN - But biggest
thing I would like to know -" Who is the editor in red here?" --- In all aol chat rooms -they have to abide by Tos rules - I thought this board has to do like wise -
When some think their post has been deleted - all that need do is go to end of board and find word SEARCH on right hand corner and type In their screen name
and click what board its on and click on search and all their post will come up-if you click on all boards - Some if their post arent poasted right away - they get
their panties in a knot =another thing Why do people type so small and some type in light green or yellow -- how are some of us suppose to read it - bright
yellow or light green - Give me a break -some so big it will knock your eyes out and takes up so much of board - and if one cant take e-main -why fight it out
on board =-People going to see it all - I say If you do not like way AOL board is run complain to TosReports - who in the world knows the editor ??????
Yea Go hang out and chill
Editor's Note: Join our group acting to minimize the bias seen on AOL. We have not gotten around to taking on all of the media yet.

Colindavison189 wrote: Why did Aol start a campaign to return Nicky when she was evicted?
Why did Aol not start campaigns for other evictees?
Why is Aol posting that 80% of Aol users have voted to return Nicky to Big Brother?
Very flawed survey.
Nicky's Aol campaign has been going for weeks.
Nicky's votes where only to either return her, or not to return her.
The Nicky campaign did not give a choice to return any other evictee.
It is misleading to say 80% of Aol users have voted to let Nicky return to Big Brother, as it only 80% of Aol users who could be bothered to vote.
As this vote was free many people could voted many times.
The Big Brother Vote is not free.
The Aol Predictor can be wrong.
I this Aol Nicky campaign has gave her an unfair advantage over the other evictees and housemates, as it suggests 80% of users want her to win.
Aol is giving her free publicity.
 Editor's Note: You ask some good questions about AOL's bias, but won't get too many answers. We have a group that is examining AOL bias and
taking actions to minimize it. I'll send you an invitation to join.

GeoGolfX wrote: Interesting alllllll the cartoon spoofs of Bush out there----- AOL Never once looked into who made them/ Gee wonder why.
 Editor's Note: You are not alone in seeing AOL bias. Send me email and I'll send you an invitation to join our group acting to minimize AOL bias.
GeorgeWBushfan1 wrote: What Media Bias? Part 56 I'd like to say this is shocking, but it isn't: A Reuters photograph of smoke rising from buildings in
Beirut has been withdrawn after coming under attack by American web logs. The blogs accused Reuters of distorting the photograph to include more smoke
and damage. The photograph showed two very heavy plumes of black smoke billowing from buildings in Beirut after an Air Force attack on the Lebanese capital.
Reuters has since withdrawn the photograph from its website, along a message admitting that the image was distorted, and an apology to editors. In the message,
Reuters said that "photo editing software was improperly used on this image. A corrected version will immediately follow this advisory. We are sorry for any
inconvenience"
How many times have we seen the news manufactured by the news media? Just off hand I can think of "we had to destroy the village in order to save it", ALAR,
exploding truck gas tanks, Jason Blair, Rigoberta Menchu, Texas Air National Guard...I'm sure there's a dozen that are escaping me at the moment. What I wonder
is when everyone will finally admit there is a media bias, and in service of this bias the MSM is not too scrupulous about what they pass on as truth. One thing we've
never seen: an internal investigation by a news organization proving itself to have been guilty of fraud. The only time we see this sort of thing is when outsiders bring
it to everyone's attention. Of course, for years now I've been advising that the least reliable source of news is photographic evidence - it is just too easily doctored,
especially since computers came along to make fakery something you can do right at your desk with no additional tools required. But over and above that, all news
media has to be suspect - the most important tool any of us have to pierce the fog of lies and half truths is our own good sense. Think about it - does the story really
seem all that plausible? Start doing that with each story, and you'll be less and less taken in by the MSM.
 Editor's Note: We have a group that is taking action on trying to improve the bias seen in AOL news sourcing and structuring, as well as the AOL post deletion
policies which seem to encourage monitors to work their own particular agendas. If you would like to be part of this group, just send me email. While we do
NOT address the issue of all media bias, you will get updates about bias here on AOL.

BillBarabino wrote: Boycott this Service. This is headlines? A maybe video Spoof? They are so anti -republican they display anything with a anti-bush bias.
Read between the lines. I thinking of starting a website about it. Join Me?
 Editor's Note: One way to fight media bias is to stop paying for it. I have not paid for a NY Times in well over a decade. But, there are other things you can do,
like contacting AOL management or alerting other media about the AOL bias.

CristPhoto wrote: It's OK to bash the President who's trying to protect us from terrorists, but let someone poke a jab at Al Gore and AOL has a hissy fit.
The bias is becoming more blatant every day. Once my commitment to AOL is up it's goodbye.
 Editor's Note: You are not alone in seeing the AOL bias.

JoeTheOctopus wrote: The Associated Press article stated: 'sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday called on Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld
to resign, hours after excoriating him at a public hearing over what she called "failed policy" in Iraq."
The Marian Webster Dictionary defines excoriating as:
Main Entry: excoriate
Function: verb
Text: to criticize harshly and usually publicly, "the mayor had hardly been in office for a month before she was excoriated for problems of very long standing"
I certainly believe that Rumsfield has had plenty of time and opportunities that he has flubbed. I also hate the way journalist use bombastic prose in describing
Senator Clinton's actions.
She is too far to the right to get my vote, but I still wanted to put my two cents in about media bias that is subtle.
It is said that back in 1755, Benjamin Franklin said, 'Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither
iberty nor Safety.' My sentiments exactly.
 Editor's Note: There is clearly lots of media bias. There is also lots of bias on the AOL message boards and in the news sources used by AOL.

DryanPsyMA wrote: Another Post Down the Tubes. AOL has a BIAS toward Bush.... Because, after all, the Muslim workers for AOL want him to stay in office.
They would hate the idea of having a REAL president who might kick their BUTTS, instead of this piecemeal war going on. Oh, and if this is deleted, it will be sent to
AOL management for review.
 Editor's Note: Perhaps the AOL monitor(s) on the board did not want people to know that it is possible to complain to AOL management, as well as external media.
Bopes148 wrote: Hello.............I see you have already done a lot of work and research concerning the issues of bias on AOL and I commend you for what you
are tying to do. I have been a member of AOL for nearly 20 years and have always been active on the boards and put a great deal of postings on them also.
The nonsense issues I do not get involved with. I have had many posts pulled for no reason other then which the moderator of that particular board would disagree
with what I have to say. I have never been vulgar but I will get to the point in a civil manner. ... don't get your hopes up in solving this problem. It's been around a very
long time. ... the Big Wigs don't really give a damn as to what is going on mainly due to the fact that AOL is the largest provider of on-line services and the
majority of moderators are not paid. They get compensated by getting the service free which incidentally is going to be undergoing changes beginning in
September which will only make things worse.
 Editor's Note: I sent you an invitation to join our group addrssing the actions we can take to minimize AOL bias.
ERMP wrote: I am really disgusted with the headlines that AOL has chosen to post against the Israel and the Jews. The headline Israel targets Christians in
Lebanon is totally false. They are trying to destroy Hezbalah...a terrorist organization...they are not targeting Christians!
 Editor's Note: If this concerns you, send me email and I will add you to our members list of people taking action to minimize the AOL bias. Please put
"IMPORTANT" in the subject heading.
TRAINCITY2003 wrote: AOL..WHEN IN THE HELL IS YOUR YELLOW LIBERAL BACKED SITE GOING TO START TO REPORT THE NEWS ACCURATELY..
YOU ARE ABETTING THE ENEMY AGAIN..
Editor's Note: The bias is not just limited to this message board.
Yes901251 wrote: Even the AOL News is Biased. It only shows the violence suffered by the Lebanon population, especially the woman and children.
 Editor's Note: If this bias concerns you, send me email and I will add you to our members list of people taking action to minimize the AOL bias.
Please put "IMPORTANT" in the subject heading.

RipIsSmoking wrote about a post of his being hijacked: I replied to a post asking for further information and when I checked back, my reply wasn't there,
but I was now directing people to a Pro Islamic site and the same for the person I was replying to. Check your posts, make sure that they are yours.
Don't worry, I took precautions, went off-line and am still scanning. Don't want to wake up in the morning and find my computer is an Islamic terrorist
 Editor's Note: Was the direction to an Islamic Site in a message header that made it look like you wrote it? This is the type of message hijacking I was
subjected to several months ago.

MrsEDiamond wrote: I HEARD RECENTLY THAT AN ARAB CONSORTIUM HAS BOUGHT INTO CNN AND TIME WARNER....WOULDNT THAT
NECESSITATE A CHANGE O F USEAGE OF AOL ? ARE THE VIRULENT POSTS THAT APPEAR HERE COMING FROM OTHER ARABS? TERROR
HAS MANY FORMS... INFLMATORY POSTS ARE ONE OF THEM.... HOWEVER THE RHETORIC OF NASRALLAH AND OTHER MUSLIM PREACHERS
RELECT THE STUDPITY OF THEIR FOLLOWERS...RELIGION SHOULD BE A PEACEFUL PROCESS...A CURE ALL FOR ONES TROUBLES ..AND A
WAY TO PLAN FOR A PEACEFUL WORLD...SOMETHING IS WRONG ... ALLAH MUST BE SLEEPING IN SOME CONVENT WITH THE VIRGINS
WHO LIVE THERE. AND HE SEEMS TO HAVE FORGOTTEN HIS FOLLOWERS........SO SAD......
 Editor's Note: I would be very interested in hearing more about your sources of information. We have a group of people who are trying to understand the
cause for the AOL bias, and how to get it fixed. Let me know if you would like to join the group.

ShootDaMoon69 writes: Recently, I had a post deleted from the message board regarding the history of the Atheist movement beginning with the onslaught
of Baltimore atheist, Madalyn Murray O'Hair. When it, too, was deleted along with the positive feedback it received, I was perturbed to no end. I called AOL
and complained bitterly. The representative told me that AOL does not set the standards for any of the boards; they are hosted and monitored by members
such as ourselves. And, she said, that these monitors can and will delete anything that does not meet their idea of what is conducive to their points-of-view.
Editor's Note: This seems to be a good example that may prove it is individual message board monitors that are slanting boards to reflect their own agenda
as several of our members have suggested.
Person asking to be confidential wrote:
I noticed this on a thread that was non-political and related to parenting and family violence issues, subjects I have written about and continue to write about. I
thought these boards would give me a "feel" for the national tendency or viewpoint and perhaps help me in my writing of future books on the matter.
But it seemed as if vulgar posts were more welcomed than thoughtful and/or properly written or intellectually provocative ones. What burned me up is that
the posts I was particularly interested in (half the time those I disagreed with) were erased. How can one gage the public's mind that way?
I certainly don't try to use these message boards as a plug for my books (I don't often post and never use my name, etc). Obviously if someone's interest is
piqued by one of my statements, they can view my profile and/or contact me directly.
As I said, this is all useless if all viewpoints (except the puerile ones meant to upset folks) are not accurately portrayed and posted.
Keep up the good work.
Editor's Note: I agree with you. The message boards are useless -- or, even worse, dangerous -- if the monitors of the board can skew the posts to favor their
own agendas.
ONE09flat04 wrote: SHOCKING TOTAL BIAS AGAINST THE ISRAELI ATTEMPT TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM TERRORISTS!
Surely you must have all noticed it in the media and in the postings herein!
It is non-stop reverse PR dramatizing and repeating the horror of a missile gone astray and killing Hezbollahan refugees, children and supporters!
That is all you see and hear!
What about the thousands of missiles randomly fired on Israel by Hezbollah for twenty years since the United Nations resolution ordered Hezbollah to disarm and
cease terrorist attacks?
The Israeli government has apologized for an errant missile that killed many of Hezbollah followers!
Have you ever heard of Hezbollah, Hamas or al Qeda apologize for killing innocent men. women and children?
They never do!
Isn't it time the march toward condemnation of Israel became more even handed?
Bias is bad! Bias in the public print is shameful and unjust!
Roland C. Woodaka
 Editor's Note: Many of our members have been motivated by the specific bias you suggest. But, the bias of message boards on AOL seems to be universal
or -- at least - in many other boards besides the MIDDLE EAST CRISIS.
CharmayB wrote: I posted PRAY FOR PEACE and it got deleted..Someone else wrote the president is a FAG. It stayed. Go Figure.
 Editor's Note: I imagine AOL may have adopted the anti-religious bias of many American politicians. The AOL censors probably felt they had to protect others
from being influenced by a religious message. You are not alone. Send me email and I will add you to our members list of people discussing what to do about
the AOL bias.
Para1947 wrote: Well, I posted a very mild reply to some ranting maniac today and of course they removed my post. I guess I was lucky to not get TOS'd. I was
TOS'd last night for sending an IM message (I should not have done that) to some maniac. It's amazing how easy it is to get right back on after you've been
TOS'd. What's the point? All I had to do was change my password?? Sheesh. Guess I'll just bite my tongue from now on.
 Editor's Note: If you are wondering about AOL showing responsibility as a corporation, or if you think they are not being a good corporate citizen, try sending
email to Time Warner (AOL's parent) Lisa Quiroz, Senior Vice President, Corporate Responsibility or Michele Sacconaghi, Vice President, Corporate Citizenship
they are both at email address corporate.responsibility@timewarner.com

rscaciopoli1 wrote: i have already cancelled my aol subscription. i am looking for a more unbiased forum to discuss issues
 Editor's Note: AOL announced today that it was moving towards a Google and Yahoo model (free service, paid ads.) To start they are going to allow free access IF
you have your own Broadband service that connects you to AOL. If you're interested, the phone number to call is 888-265-8008. WARNING: It took me about 15 minutes
to get this job done, mostly waiting time. I believe this means we might have success by complaining to advertisers about the AOL bias.
ACROPMARBL wrote: Why does AOL do this? Is it necessary to show the blood spatter on walls? this is crazy!!!! why do you allow this crap to be shown?
 Editor's Note: Send me email and I will add you to our members list of people  discussing what to do about the AOL bias. It is rampant and even disgusting at times.
CtilliSCV wrote: Eve