The Media Ignores Palestinian Violence and Terrorism in the West Bank
Supporters and gunmen from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine participate in a symbolic funeral of a militant Tamer al-Kilani, who was killed in an explosion in the West Bank, on Oct. 23,…
Assessment
NBC News has run multiple stories on settler violence in the West Bank but has published little about Palestinian terrorism there, according to this critique. Readers who rely on that outlet for West Bank coverage get a skewed picture: one side's violence is treated as news, the other's is effectively invisible. The charge is that this imbalance distorts public understanding of a conflict where both Palestinians and Israelis commit deadly acts. The next question is whether other major outlets show a similar pattern.