50 Years Later: How the Media Reported on the 1972 Munich Massacre (VIDEO)

Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Munich Massacre, in which eleven Israeli Olympic team members were taken hostage and brutally murdered by Palestine Liberation Organization terrorists.

According to some, the tragic events in the West German city, which were broadcast on live television and radio, forever changed the way the media cover terrorism.

Here’s how the press reported the 1972 Munich Massacre.

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Akiva Van Koningsveld

Originally from The Hague, Akiva Van Koningsveld left The Netherlands for Israel in the fall of 2020. Before joining the HonestReporting team, he worked as a policy officer at the Center for Information and Documentation Israel, a Dutch organization dedicated to combating antisemitism and spreading awareness of the Arab-Israel conflict.

Akiva studied journalism at the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht. In 2020, he graduated from Utrecht University with a law degree, focusing on the intersection of human rights and civil liability.

50 Years Later: How the Media Reported on the 1972 Munich Massacre (VIDEO)

Akiva Van Koningsveld

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