Tuesday, July 15, 2014

The Guardian demonstrates how to report the news that Hamas ignored the Egyptian cease-fire proposal

This sort of thing is boringly typical and ordinary, but perhaps it's worth noting occasional examples to see how it's done. A post by Jason Pearlman, with remarks by Alan Johnson.  —Jeff Weintraub

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Alan Johnson shared Jason Pearlman's photo.

See how the Guardian twists things. Today Israel accepted the Egyptian cease fire proposal and the IDF ceased fire. Hamas rejected the proposal and kept on rocketing civilians in Israel. Hour after hour. Eventually the Israeli government reluctantly ordered the IDF to recommence operations. Cue Guardian tweet ...