Israel Under Fire: Media Holds Off Until Palestinians Die | HonestReporting

Israel Under Fire: Media Holds Off Until Palestinians Die | HonestReporting:Over the past 24 hours, Palestinian terrorists have fired some 70 rockets and mortars into Israel from Gaza, wounding three Israelis, causing damage to property and sending a million residents of the south into bomb shelters.

In fact, rockets have been fired at Israel on a regular basis. As of October 2012, over 800 rockets had been launched at Israel from Gaza since January 2012.

But what does it take for the media to sit up and take notice of the security situation emanating from Gaza?

• Not the firing of an anti-tank missileat an IDF jeep on the Israeli side of the Gaza border on Saturday, which wounded four Israeli soldiers. This was picked up by wire services such as the AP, but not republished widely at all by other media outlets.
• Not the blowing up of a massive tunnel from southern Gaza towards Israel by Palestinian terrorists on Thursday, also reported by AP but less so elsewhere.
• And certainly not the aforementioned rocket barrages.

When it comes to the mainstream media, we see two trends at work:

1. If it bleeds, it leads: Unless Palestinians are killed or injured, it simply isn’t news. 

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