This one kind of goes along with the "why are Palestinian threats of genocide OK just because they're really pissed off" post that''s just below. Except it's more like "why are Palestinians actions that are totally evil and inspired by 9th century barbarism OK just because they're really pissed off". Death porn:

Evil, yes. But worth taking notice of as anything but evidence for how really hurt and battered the Palestinians are by these ostensible Zionist atrocities? Not so much. And if you can throw in an insinuation that the Israelis agree that this is all their fault - rather than, say, the result of Palestinian terrorists using Palestinian civilians as human shields - then that's even better:

We've got a much longer post going up later about this "Israelis admit that the whole thing is their fault" thing - one of ten posts today about the different tools and tricks that are making this accidental tragedy the story of the week (and we seem to recall this being a big news week already...) But for now, we want to hammer in one of the themes that runs through almost all posts: no matter what specific, dishonest meme or trick we're addressing, journalists are using it more shamelessly on this story than almost ever before.

For so long, they've had to settle for passing on made up massacres with made up body counts: the Jenin massacre of maybe thousands of civilians (turned out to be a battle against a couple dozen Palestinian gunmen) or the Lebanon atrocity where forty people were killed in a collapsed apartment building (turned out to be one person killed in a very-uncollapsed apartment building). Now, instead of made up massacres with made up body counts, they get to report on a made up massacre with a real body count. Sure, it's still not a massacre - because of the whole "you generally don't call accidents massacres" part of the plain meaning of "massacre". But it's CLOSER.

And so journalists are giving themselves a TON of leeway. They're inserting bias into headlines in ways they usually wouldn't try to slip past. They're blaming Israel for things that are demonstrably untrue. They're letting the Palestinians get away with making explicit genocidal threats without the bat of an eye. The entire impression one gets is that they're just outright giddy. finally, Israel screwed up, and they're going to do everything they can to spread global outrage by writing "objective" stories about how "outrage is sweeping the globe". And they're going to do it for the next couple of weeks, minimum.

We're not surprised at the attempts. Though we'll admit, the shamelessness and enthusiasm were a little startling.

Previously: Siniora Asks International Media to Transmit Pictures of Israeli Atrocities. Which Is Kind of Like Asking Us to Keep Making Fun of Carter, IDF Hits Reuters Vehicle - Countdown to Lunacy Begins, Will the Press Finally Find a Scandal They Can Pin On Israel?