Friday, October 19, 2018

Aftermath of a Gaza Rocket Attack: Who Covered It and How? - by Simon Plosker

...how did the international media report on an incident that had (and still has) the potential to develop into a significant military escalation? Unfortunately, some major media failed to file stories at all.

Simon Plosker..
Honest Reporting..
18 October '18..

A mother and her three children narrowly escaped with their lives in the early hours of Wednesday morning when a rocket fired from Gaza landed on their house in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba.

So often, media like to play the numbers game, using casualty figures as a moral barometer – if fewer Israelis are dying than Palestinians then this is somehow unfair and Israelis are clearly the aggressors goes the argument.

This, of course, fails to tell the real story and Israelis are not going to apologize for protecting themselves from murderous Palestinian intent. Indeed, the only reason the family in Beersheba survived is thanks to the reinforced safe room that all modern Israeli buildings have by law.

But how did the international media report on an incident that had (and still has) the potential to develop into a significant military escalation?

Unfortunately, some major media failed to file stories at all.

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