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March 17, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-gross031403.asp

The New York Times and Israel

(National Review) - Tom Gross On March 4, the Times carried a news report "Bombing Kills An American And 20 Others In Philippines." The next day, American Baptist, 14-year-old, Abigail Litle was among 16 people killed by a suicide bomber on a bus in Haifa, Israel. Neither the headline nor the photo caption indicated that an American had died, or that the suicide bomber had deliberately chosen a bus packed with schoolchildren, or that a majority of those killed had been teenagers. The coverage of Litle's death is just part of a familiar pattern at the Times. The paper downplays Israeli suffering, and de-emphasizes Arafat's responsibility for the suffering of Israelis and ordinary Palestinians alike.

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