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CNN’s Anonymous Terrorist

A short four paragraph CNN piece on a terror attack at a checkpoint is missing one vital piece of information. See if you can spot it: A knife-wielding woman who tried to attack a…

Simon Plosker
November 10, 2015
12:00 am

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A short four paragraph CNN piece on a terror attack at a checkpoint is missing one vital piece of information. See if you can spot it:

A knife-wielding woman who tried to attack a security checkpoint in the West Bank was shot by guards, the Israel Defense Ministry said.

“A woman terrorist arrived at the checkpoint located on Route 55 next to Alfei Menashe holding a knife,” a Defense Ministry statement said.

Alfei Menashe is an Israeli settlement in the northern West Bank, west of Nablus.

“Security guards at the checkpoint called her to stop a few times, and when she didn’t, they fired at her and neutralized the threat,” the statement said.

If you haven’t already figured it out, ask yourself who the “knife-wielding woman” is.

A clue: The missing word begins with the letter “P.”

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Tags: CNN, Palestinian terrorism, selective omission

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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