Monday, August 07, 2006

A dime a dozen

The Angry Arab News Service:
New York Times' standards: another day, another NYT headline that only mentions Israeli casualties: "Rocket Barrage Kills 15 Israelis Close to Border." But unlike yesterday, you can read the article--not the headline or subheadline--to read about Lebanese victims: "Israeli airstrikes killed more than a dozen people." Notice that for the Lebanese, no specific figure is needed. A dozen?? I mean, I expect the New York Times to start reporting about "a heap of Lebanese victims" or a "pile" of Lebanese victims or a "hill of piled up bodies" of Lebanese victims. Times of war--no time to hide racism of the media.

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