This morning while driving to work I was listening to NPR and they were reporting about the recent suicide attack and Israel's response.

When discussing those killed, NPR always points out how many women or children were killed by an Israeli attack but they never differentiate the victims of a suicide attack upon Israeli citizens..

Why?

My response would be that in the recent wave of suicide attacks all of the Israeli victims have tended to be innocent civilians killed by an intended terrorist act, while the responses are billed as military attacks against terrorist groups. I think it is important for the news services to determine the nature of the killings done both sides. That way we can determine for ourselves how many of the Palestinian kills were inocent victims or "legitimate" targets.

Ahhh but doesn't this place more emotional stock on the Palestinian casualties while not emphasizing the loss of women/children on the Israeli side?

Also what you are stating is that Israeli attacks killing women/children were infact not 'intended targets', thus showing they are not trying to kill just any Palestinian. While the suicide attacks go directly after innocents.

That piece put emoitional stock in the Israeli loss.

That NPR piece this morning focused on the civilian tragedy on both sides. They interviewed a fifty something woman (who was in Jerusalem for the tragic bus bombing) who wished that Israel was Australia where the front page would have a sports headline and they interviewed a Palestinian car salesman who was injured and had his cars damaged.
Both were voices against violence and voices wishing for an end on both sides.




Yes, but the Israeli attacks are also not high ground attacks that place the utmost care in avoiding civilian deaths and civilian property damage.

I don't get to listen to Morning Edition in its entirety, maybe about 40 minutes. So I did not hear the interview you brought up. None the less, I did hear the short version about what I addressed earlier, and if I was just one person(and I am sure there are many like me who only catch parts of the broadcast) who only heard that one story, which did put more emotional stock in the Palestinian casualties, then that is slanted reporting.

Sleeper - I'm not sure the words NPR used in their report were their own. I heard the story you referenced on NPR a little earlier. I am listening to WABC news now and they just reported the exact same story, word for word.

I did a little digging and found that this is a news story originally written by the Associated Press. You can find the text in today's Washington Post, Israeli Helicopter Gunship Fires Missiles at Car in Gaza City . Perhaps, we should be questioning the bias of the AP and not NPR.

Thanks for the info Jaime.. Now this even bugs me more because it is showing what is supposed to be a neutral source(the AP) as slanted to make the Palestinian loss more relevant.

I don't know about the rest of you but this does not sit well with me at all.