More Ambulance Obfuscation
April 4, 2002 12:00 by ManagingTeamThis week, reporters criticized Israel for not giving unlimited free access to Palestinian Red Crescent ambulances. See for example:
ST. PETERSBURG (FLORIDA) TIMES – correspondent Susan Taylor Martin
http://www.sptimes.com/2002/04/04/Columns/Ambulances_at_bay__wo.shtml
THE WASHINGTON POST – correspondent Keith Richburg (front page article)
Both reporters spent 1,000 words criticizing Israeli policy, and then bury this crucial information at the very end of the article: Israel has stopped ambulances because Palestinian Red Crescent ambulances have already been caught delivering fighters and weapons to the front lines, including transporting a suicide bomb belt hidden in the stretcher.
If you believe these articles represent imbalanced reporting, write a letter to the editor in your own words, using the above points as a basis.
ST. PETERSBURG (FLORIDA) TIMES:
letters@sptimes.com
susan@sptimes.com
THE WASHINGTON POST:
letters@washpost.com
ombudsman@washpost.com
Don’t forget to include your name, address, and phone number.
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