ABC News Headline Not False, Just Vaguely Dishonest
It is technically true that, as the ABC News headline says, Rockets Hit Lebanon Despite Cease-Fire. Obviously, that is the case. But you might be surprised to know that it was Hezbollah - not Israel, the side fighting against Lebanon - that fired the rockets:
Highlighting the fragility of the peace, Hezbollah guerrillas fired at least 10 Katyusha rockets that landed in southern Lebanon early Tuesday, the Israeli army said, adding that nobody was injured. The army said that none of the rockets, which were fired over a two-hour period, had crossed the border and so it had not responded.
A headline like "Hezbollah Fires Rockets Despite Cease-Fire" would have been just as true, and it would have had the extra benefit of not being totally misleading about who's doing the firing. But that would be a missed opportunity to oh-so-subtly demonize Israel, and we can't have that now can we?
Highlighting the fragility of the peace, Hezbollah guerrillas fired at least 10 Katyusha rockets that landed in southern Lebanon early Tuesday, the Israeli army said, adding that nobody was injured. The army said that none of the rockets, which were fired over a two-hour period, had crossed the border and so it had not responded.
A headline like "Hezbollah Fires Rockets Despite Cease-Fire" would have been just as true, and it would have had the extra benefit of not being totally misleading about who's doing the firing. But that would be a missed opportunity to oh-so-subtly demonize Israel, and we can't have that now can we?
