HonestReporting.com, a watchdog organization that reports incidents of anti-Israel bias in the world media, noted a particularly glaring example in The New York Times yesterday. Six Hamas terrorists were killed on Sunday while packing a drone with explosives and preparing to detonate it in an Israeli town or city. The Times' article on the item, by James Bennet, was entitled, "Hamas Says Israel Killed at Least 6 in Gaza Blast." HonestReporting.com comments,
"Straight from the headline, The Times gives the Hamas side of the story, and it only gets worse from there. The article states: 'Hamas blamed Israel for the blast today, suggesting that the men were
killed by a booby-trapped toy plane.' The clear implication is that Israel sent a booby-trapped plane into Gaza. Yet as it turns out, this was not an Israeli plane that exploded, but rather - as Hamas admitted - 'the men had been working on a small remote-controlled plane, which they evidently planned to use in an attack.' Shockingly, the reader must travel 400 words into this article to reach this crucial fact! ... Further, Bennet is quick to mention (in the first paragraph) that the explosion occurred 'hours after Israel's defense minister vowed retaliation for a Hamas bombing in Gaza.'"
"Straight from the headline, The Times gives the Hamas side of the story, and it only gets worse from there. The article states: 'Hamas blamed Israel for the blast today, suggesting that the men were
killed by a booby-trapped toy plane.' The clear implication is that Israel sent a booby-trapped plane into Gaza. Yet as it turns out, this was not an Israeli plane that exploded, but rather - as Hamas admitted - 'the men had been working on a small remote-controlled plane, which they evidently planned to use in an attack.' Shockingly, the reader must travel 400 words into this article to reach this crucial fact! ... Further, Bennet is quick to mention (in the first paragraph) that the explosion occurred 'hours after Israel's defense minister vowed retaliation for a Hamas bombing in Gaza.'"