Reuters describes bomb attack as ‘Palestinian strike’

Just Journalism
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Wed. 23 Mar. 2011 @ 16.23 –

http://justjournalism.com/the-wire/reuters-describes-bomb-attack-as-%E2%80%98palestinian-strike%E2%80%99/

Reuters claims “terrorist attack” is ‘Israel’s term for a Palestinian strike’.

UPDATE @ 16.38

The wire service’s news article reporting the Jerusalem bus station bombing initially stated:

‘Police described the explosion as a “terrorist attack” – Israel’s term for a Palestinian strike.’

Just Journalism contacted the editors to ask whether Reuters was reporting the bomb, deliberately detonated at a busy bus stop, as a ‘Palestinian strike’ and not any sort of ‘attack’.

Subsequently, the article has been edited. The sentence now reads (inaccurately):

‘There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosion, which Israeli police termed a Palestinian “suicide attack.”’

International news organs have long avoided using the term ‘terrorism’ when reporting such acts in Israel. However, Palestinian bus bombings and shootings specifically targeting civilians tend at least to be labelled as attacks.

UPDATE

The original text has been reinstated in the latest version. Once again the article states:

‘Police said it was a “terrorist attack” — Israel’s term for a Palestinian strike.’

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