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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (66299)9/2/2004 7:04:30 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 793933
 
"Gosh, Hamas certainly showed them," was the gist of the message.

Nadine, every once in a while, when I spot a particularly egregious example, I call attention to what I see as over-sensitivity and overreactions because I just don't think that's helpful. It's not helpful for the well-being of the people who are so wound up and its not helpful for communities getting along. This gloating charge was so conspicuous to me that I questioned LB about it. I see that Mq has raised it as well.

The "gist" of the article as I read it was that this incident was significant because it runs counter to the relatively safe environment that has existed in Israel of late. We have been seeing comments about the "end" of the intifada as a result of the wall and going after Hamas leadership. Now it looks like that might have been wishful thinking or a premature assessment.

It seems to me that observing this potential turning point is both apt and appropriate. It also seems to me that observing it in neutral language is both apt and appropriate for journalists to do. If we disapprove of bias in reporting, then we must support objective statements and neutral language all of the time, not just when our ox is at issue.

This is what the article said: "The Beersheba bombings shattered a nearly six-month lull in suicide attacks that had Israelis daring to think it was pretty safe to go about their lives once again as normal."

If I add my bias to that I read it as "Sadly, the Beersheba bombings..." Someone else's bias might insert "The Beersheba bombings by the glorious and still strong Hamas shattered..." But the statement didn't communicate either of those things. I call that good journalism.
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