I made an initial crack about media bias when the attack broke. But the last few hours have been surreal. The initial headline that went out over wires was “Jewish soldiers rammed by car in Jerusalem.” No mention of the driver being Palestinian, no mention of it being a terrorist attack, and no mention of all the non-soldiers who also got injured (as if it should matter that these were soldiers who got rundown).
The correct headline would have been “Palestinian plows into Israeli pedestrians in Jerusalem, 19 injured.” But that wouldn’t have had quite the same “cycle of violence” ring to it. And the rest of the headlines are just as awesome.
AFP: Palestinian rams soldiers in Jerusalem, some dozen injured: police You know why they’re only mentioning about “some dozen” out of the 20 or so injuries? Because the other victims were all non-soldiers.
WSJ: Driver in Israel Is Killed After Hitting Pedestrians – Two points for not taking the AFP route and making it seem like it was an attack on military personnel. But several thousand off for forgetting to mention that this was a Palestinian terrorist attack – which seems kind of important to understanding the story, no?
Reuters: New Jeruslem vehicle “attack” as Livni seeks govt – Because you never know. Maybe it wasn’t an attack. Maybe it was all just a misunderstanding that involved 20 injuries and a claim of responsibility by a terrorist group.
Previously:
* Media Consensus Forming: Israeli West Bank Ops Violate Gaza Ceasefire (Plus: Palestinians Shot West Bank Israelis On Day 2)
* BBC, CBS Now Just Making Stuff Up About Israeli Military
* Hamas Thanks “The Media” For Glorious “Victory” In Gaza [Video]
