Last Sunday, two Palestinian terrorists murdered an Israeli couple near the Gaza border. The perpetrators were then shot dead by the IDF.
In Reuters picture captions of the subsequent Palestinian funeral (here and here), the Israeli couple was erased from the story — there’s no mention of their murder and the terrorists appear as if they were victims:
A Palestinian girl cries during the funeral of Targ Yassen, a Palestinian militant from al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades who was killed by Israeli troops, in Gaza City July 26, 2005. Yassen was one of two Palestinian gunmen killed in an ambush at the Gaza border on Sunday shortly after U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ended her mission to shore up a fragile truce before Israel’s Gaza pullout. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah
Note, by contrast, this Associated Press photo caption:
A relative of Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades activist Tareq Yassin, 23, cries as she looks at his funeral procession in Gaza City, Tuesday, July 26, 2005. Yassin was killed by Israeli security forces early Sunday, after he and another gunman of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement opened fire on an Israeli vehicle traveling on the main road connecting the Jewish settlements of the Gaza Strip to Israel, killing two Israelis and wounding four others, rescue workers said. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
HR asks: Which of these two photo captions conveys the full information necessary to perform a public service, and which reveals a partisan stance?
(Hat tip: Peter)
