Friday, March 07, 2008

What's missing from the AP article on the murders in Jerusalem?

 
Read the entire article and see if you can figure out what's missing.

A gunman entered the library of a rabbinical seminary and opened fire on a crowded nighttime study session Thursday, killing eight people and wounding nine before he was slain, police and rescue workers said. It was the first major militant attack in Jerusalem in more than four years.

Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip praised the operation in a statement, and thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of Gaza to celebrate...

...the attacker walked through the seminary's main gate and entered the library, where witnesses said some 80 people were gathered. He carried an assault rifle and pistol, and used both weapons in the attack. Rosenfeld said at least six empty bullet clips were found on the floor.

What's missing?

The murdered victims were children - mostly ages 15 and 16, but to read the AP article you'd never know it.

Let's run a little thought experiment: say an Israeli missile targeting a Hamas bigwig veered off-course and smashed into a Palestinian orphange. Let's say it killed and wounded an equal number of children of the same ages. Would the AP hesitate to blare out an article such as '8 Palestinian children killed in Israeli offensive'?

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