NYT SCREWS UP AGAIN

NY Times Caption Error (HonestReporting)
The New York Times Online is currently running a photo of a burning tank with a child running from it as the leader on its Mideast slideshow. The caption indicates that Israel destroyed this armored car with children in the immediate vicinity. But in fact, it was Hamas that set the vehicle on fire, as indicated by other major news agencies: AFP, Reuters, Associated Press. Moreover, two Palestinian children were killed on this day (July 15) from battles between Hamas and the PA.

The front page of The Times' print edition this Saturday (July 16) featured this same picture, also with a misleading caption: "New Clashes Undermine Israeli-Palestinian Truce: A day after Palestinian rocket and mortar attacks, Israel resumed targeting killings of Hamas militants in the West Bank and Gaza. Also in Gaza, a Palestinian police vehicle burned during a police battle with Hamas."

Both the headline and the first line of this caption suggest that Israel targeted the armored vehicle. Only the second sentence of the caption clarifies the real story ― that this is a scene of internal Palestinian fighting.

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