Say, you know that post I wrote this morning? Just a few short hours ago? The one where I said this:
You gotta love the Reuters headline, though. “Gunmen Kill Hamas Judge.†Yeah, those mysterious “gunmen.†If it had been the IDF, it would have been, “Israel Kills Hamas Judge.†But no, there’s no anti-Israel media bias.
Update: And the AP has changed its headline as well. It now reads “Gunmen Kill Hamas-Linked Judge in Gaza.†You know, those gunmen who have no affiliation, unlike, say, IDF soldiers.
Say hello to the AP/Reuters anti-Israel bias.
Reuters:
Israeli troops kill Palestinian gunman in Gaza
GAZA, Dec 13 (Reuters) – Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian gunman near the Gaza Strip boundary on Wednesday, witnesses and military officials said, the first such death since a truce was declared in the territory on Nov. 26.Medical officials identified the man, who was shot dead opposite the boundary fence from the Israeli village of Nahal Oz, as a member of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction.
“He approached the fence, armed with a rifle and grenades, so our troops opened fire,” an Israeli military spokesman said, adding that the soldiers in question were outside Gaza.
Note the identification of the palestinian terrorist, and lack of identification of the Israeli spokesman, who did not ask to remain anonymous. It’s the dehumanization of Israel that you see in most news reports. The victims of terrorists attacks by palestinians are almost never identified. Terrorists killed by the IDF are almost always identified, often with quotes from family members.
AP:
Israeli troops shoot Palestinian along Gaza-Israel border
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip: Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian militant along the heavily guarded border between the Gaza Strip and Israel Wednesday evening, Palestinians and the military said, despite a two-and-a-half week cease-fire.The army said the militant was approaching the fence with a weapon and grenades when he was shot by troops.
Palestinian security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press, said the militant, 22, was in no-man’s land along the fence when he was killed.
Notice again the dehumanization of the Israeli spokesman as “The army.” Notice the long description of the anonymous “security officials” in contrast to the Israeli official, who again, did not request anonymity. How do I know this? Because it has been the media’s policy for many years now to use the anonymity qualifiers. (It stems back to yet another media scandal about sources, but I have forgotten which one. There have been so many.)
This is why Israeli is vilified. The media already does half the job.