PALESTINIAN MURDERS ISRAELI; MEDIA MURDERS ISRAEL’S REPUTATION
A 13-year-old Israeli boy is killed by a Palestinian ax-murderer; a 7-year-old is wounded. How is it covered? Let’s take a look at the April 2, 2009 article posted by the Inquirer, by Sebastian Scheiner of AP, entitled, “Palestinian kills Israeli teen with pickax.”
The lead is matter-of-fact:
“BAT AYIN, West Bank - A Palestinian armed with a pickax went on a rampage Thursday in this West Bank Jewish settlement, killing a 13-year-old Israeli and wounding a 7-year-old before fleeing the area.”
The next paragraph is badly written:
“Israeli television stations showed pictures of the dead teenager, bespectacled with long sidecurls and a large skullcap worn by observant Jews.”
It appears that the pictures shown were of his dead body when it was a photograph from the past of him alive. Israel does not use pictures of its dead for propaganda purposes, unlike the Palestinian Authority, Hizballah, and Hamas. …..