Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Current AP Story About Suicide Bombing Accompanied by Picture of Bomber's Sister Crying

It is very common in stories about suicide bombings in Israel from the AP and Reuters that we see photos of the suicide bomber's family members crying. You don't suppose any of the victims' family members were crying, do you? I should mention the title of the article also: "Blast Kills 5 Israelis, Erodes Peace Hopes." What a weird slide into metaphor and abstraction. People's arms and legs are blown off and that is accompanied by Peace Hope Erosion. P.H.E. evidently did not occur as a result of a public celebration by certain Palestinians after the event. Update: The title link doesn't work anymore. Here is a link to a Powerline article that includes the picture. The IRIS Blog has a similar observation about the story that the link does point to at the moment: AP's "Israeli Missile Kills Seven Palestinians" Only Says They Were Terrorists in 11th Paragraph

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