Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Editing is Slanting

In the New York Times, I found this headline:

U.S. Military Says Soldiers Fired on Civilians

but in the International Herald Tribune print edition it reads:

U.S. soldiers killed civilians, military admits

whereas the online edition has it:

U.S. military says soldiers fired on civilians, killing 3

And the author, Richard A. Oppel, Jr. was one and the same.

This called editing (or, how to slant the news).

Ever read a headline "Palestinian terrorist kills Jews"?

I've read this Palestinian attacks using construction vehicle and this, Jerusalem bulldozer 'terrorist' kills 3 in rampage and this is really close, Palestinian kills three in Jerusalem bulldozer rampage.

And I did see this recently, Jewish terrorist leaflet unearthed from 60 years ago.

Well, you get my point.

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