Reuters’ headline distortion

Two Israelis, 2 Gaza gunmen die in new violence They just 'died', seemingly equivalent deaths... but read the story and…

By July 24, 2005

Two Israelis, 2 Gaza gunmen die in new violence

They just ‘died’, seemingly equivalent deaths… but read the story and you discover the two ‘gunmen’ cut down the Israeli couple’s lives in cold blood.

How might the headline have been more accurate?:

YNet: Terrorists Kill Israeli Couple in Gaza (but of course, Reuters couldn’t use that word…)

JPost: Husband and Wife Killed in Attack Near Kfar Darom

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