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LA Times Embellishing Casualty Figures

With hundreds of people dying in Syria, Egypt, Iraq and Lebanon at this current time, the number of Palestinian casualties is marginal in comparison (without wishing to trivialize any loss of life). So what did…

Simon Plosker
August 27, 2013
12:00 am

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With hundreds of people dying in Syria, Egypt, Iraq and Lebanon at this current time, the number of Palestinian casualties is marginal in comparison (without wishing to trivialize any loss of life).

So what did the LA Times write for added effect (emphasis added)?

The number of Palestinians killed by Israel security forces has more than tripled this year over last; including Monday’s deaths, 13 Palestinians have been killed in 2013, compared with four for the same period in 2012.

With no differentiation between combatants and civilians, a small rise from four to 13 deaths is embellished to make it sound more dramatic and negative for Israel than necessary.

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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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