Magical Self-Destructing Houses
You might recall that we wrote about Palestinian "Self-Destructing" houses a little while back. Here's another example of this phenomenon, straight from the wires. Notice that no speculation is made as to the cause of the explosion, at least not by the caption writers. It takes little imagination, though, to come to the conclusion that the house just might have exploded because it, well, contained explosives.
Let's try my caption out for size:
There you have it, folks. I have more "investigative imagination" in my little pinky, than the entire editorial staff at the Associated Press and Reuters combined. And they say the press is "trustworthy!"
Be sure to keep reading, to see more magnificent examples of media myopia.
Palestinians inspect the damage to a house following an explosion in the Beach Camp, in Gaza City, Monday, March 19, 2007. An explosion went off Monday in the home of an Islamic Jihad activist, killing the militant and wounding 20 others, Palestinian security officials said. The officials said Islamic Jihad militant Alla al-Hesi was killed, adding that children were among the wounded. (AP Photo/ Adel Hana)
Let's try my caption out for size:
Palestinians inspect the damage to the house of an Islamic Jihad militant, who killed himself and his family by manufacturing explosives at home. (SnappedShot/Brian Ledbetter)
There you have it, folks. I have more "investigative imagination" in my little pinky, than the entire editorial staff at the Associated Press and Reuters combined. And they say the press is "trustworthy!"
Be sure to keep reading, to see more magnificent examples of media myopia.
I've always wondered why Palestinians are continually captioned as "inspecting" damaged houses, cars, etc. Are they a nation comprised entirely of insurance adjustors and structural engineers? (We know they're definitely not munitions experts.)Most of the ones in the pictures seem to actually be "just looking" or maybe "gawking".
