What a gas
June 20, 2005 22:05 by BackSpin EditorA Reuters report today fails miserably on two counts:
First, the title of the article, “Jewish settler, Palestinian killed on eve of summit”, equates the manner and situation surrounding the death of these two individuals. But further in the article, an Israeli army spokesman indicates that the Israeli fell victim to a senseless terrorist drive-by shooting, while the death of the Palestinian was precipitated by his illegal entry to a restricted military zone, ignoring of an order through loudspeakers to leave, warning shots, then shots fired at the infiltrator’s legs.
Second, likely a typo, but inexcusable, is this description of a certain Palestinian leader whom Abbas succeeded:
Abbas engineered the truce soon after winning elections in January to succeed the late Gasser Aright, the Palestinians’ longtime leader whom Israel accused of inciting bloodshed and never invited to Jerusalem. (screen captured)
The fact that such a thing could slip by the Reuters editors indicates a larger problem of professionalism at the ‘news’ outlet.
Arnold Roth
11:34 pm
Jun 20, 2005
Do a Google on the name “Gasser Aright”, and you’ll see there seems to be more to this than just a typo.
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Dov
1:24 am
Jun 21, 2005
They could be right the thing was foul gas.
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Jonathan
8:13 am
Jun 21, 2005
I did a search on google and found a couple of links that use the name Gasser Aright.
It’s pretty weird.
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Cosmic X
12:55 pm
Jun 21, 2005
OT – I am surprised that Backspin doesn’t examine what is happening at Ha’aretz. For an example, see this.
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Cynic
4:14 pm
Jun 21, 2005
Cosmic X
This was in the Jpost:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1119234012461&p=1078027574097
“Police were considering breaking into the Palm Beach Hotel in Gush Katif late Monday night after right-wing extremists holed up inside the seaside resort failed to arrive earlier in the day for questioning regarding a violent incident between Palestinians and the hotel guests on Saturday.”
Not as clear cut as made out.
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Cosmic X
4:38 pm
Jun 21, 2005
Cynic,
My point was that there are two sides to the story, and the settlers side should not have been buried so deep down in the article. With regards to the police, remember that if those in the hotel show up for questioning the police will not let them return. What’s more, the settlers suspect that the Arab attack was a provocation of the GSS.
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