CNN’s Jake Tapper’s not the only one who noticed the particularly strange framing of the headline to this story of violence in Jerusalem today, as reported by Al Jazeera News. Who killed whom now, and in what order, and how?
Palestinian shot dead after fatal stabbing in Jerusalem; 2 Israeli victims also killed http://t.co/mRHMHvi7s0 pic.twitter.com/l3WICTzCNI
— Al Jazeera News (@AJENews) October 3, 2015
It doesn’t take a genius to figure it out.
@AJENews You could not warp the truth more than you have in that headline. You have long since ceased to be journalists.
— I’ll just keep asking (@Erstwhilian) October 3, 2015
https://twitter.com/Traveling_steve/status/650380252322099200
@AJENews are you serious? This headline is disgusting.
— Richard Mathieu (@RichardGavagai) October 3, 2015
https://twitter.com/Traveling_steve/status/650403992862855168
@AJENews How about "Muslim terrorist shot after killing two Israelis?" Much more accurate.
— Sierra Charlie☘️ ن ✝️❌ ????⚓️ #Israel (@Llyrin) October 3, 2015
At least the events are described as they happened within the article itself:
At least two Israelis have been killed and two others injured in a stabbing attack by a Palestinian man in Jerusalem’s Old City, Al Jazeera has learned.
A man, two women and a toddler were stabbed and injured on Saturday night by a man who was later shot and killed by the Israeli border police near the Lions’ Gate in Jerusalem.
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The Voice of America didn’t manage to do much better in writing a clear, unbiased headline from those simple facts.
Is THIS how #VOICEOFAMERICA reports that a #Palestinian #Terrorist killed INNOCENT people? SHAME ON THEM pic.twitter.com/zVGm1MKn88
— Devorah Goldstein (@danag_photo) October 4, 2015
@DevorahGimages @redsteeze Headline makes it sound like the Palestinian was an innocent bystander murdered by police ala #BLM
— David Isaacs (@David_S_Isaacs) October 4, 2015
Exactly. Someone’s doing their job as they were told.
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