Don’t dare tell a reader how those 16 people died. No; cunningly use the passive voice in the vignette — “16 people were killed” — without mentioning who killed them. Don’t try and find any of the relatives of these 16 people or of any of other 2200 victims. Above all, don’t try and find the al Bakr family, whose four children were killed while playing soccer on a Gaza beach, even though this site and other reporters have been welcomed by family members.
7/11/2015
'16 people were killed in Gaza'-- How the 'NYT' whites out Israeli violence
'16 people were killed in Gaza'-- How the 'NYT' whites out Israeli violence:
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So glad you posted this ... media likes to turn a blind eye to the fact that every life lost means exactly that, a life lost, deep grief for friends and family members ... these are people just like you and me but with the terrible fear of unending violence a part of their daily lives ... the horror of living this way is almost too much to consider but we must ... in a real way these are our neighbors as much as the farmer across the bridge from me ...
ReplyDelete'in a real way these are our neighbors as much as the farmer across the bridge from me' ... I consider myself a citizen of the world as I know you do, Teresa. I notice that this is not a view which is universally shared, particularly in the West, which is deeply sad.
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