Media Mess Up Over Israeli Bus Crash

The Mail Online and Daily Telegraph make a mess of covering a fatal Israeli bus crash in the West Bank.

By January 29, 2017

UPDATE

Following our request, the Mail Online has corrected its headline to accurately reflect both the casualty figures and the location of the incident.

 

 


In a horrible and tragic incident, two Israelis were killed and several wounded when the bus they were travelling in plunged 70 meters (230 feet) down a ravine in stormy weather in the northern West Bank in the early hours of Friday morning.

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The Daily Mail’s Mail Online didn’t only get the number of deaths and injuries wrong but also included this headline alluding to the location of the crash.

 

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The bus did not land on its roof in an Israeli settlement. It ended up in a ravine.

What is it with the media’s obsession with settlements?

The Daily Telegraph also reported on the bus crash and ended the story with the following paragraph, which bore no relation to the actual content:

 

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What has this got to do with the bus crash?

In the past we’ve seen the media try to explain or even justify the brutal terrorist murders of Israeli children by virtue of where they happen to live (in a settlement).

Sadly it’s not much of a stretch to conclude that the Daily Telegraph’s journalist believes the bus that crashed should not have been travelling in that location in the first place, therefore lessening the human tragedy that has taken place.

How appalling that the deaths and injuries to Israeli travelers have been needlessly politicized.

 

Photo by Moshe Mizrachi / Flash90

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Simon Plosker

Simon Plosker

With over two decades of experience in various non-governmental organizations in the UK and Israel, Simon Plosker returned to HonestReporting in October 2022 as Editorial Director having previously been part of the organization’s management team from 2005 to 2020.

Prior to his first spell at HonestReporting, Simon worked in Israel for NGO Monitor, BICOM, and served for a short period in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. He was Managing Editor of the Geneva-based NGO United Nations Watch for two years before moving back to the frontline defending Israel from media bias.

Simon has a BSoc.Sc in International Studies and Political Science from the University of Birmingham and an MSc in History of International Relations from the London School of Economics. He immigrated to Israel in 2001 from London.

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