Interesting AP note
On the eve of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish year, I can find only one AP story referring to it: The one about the Israeli version of “Big Brother” shutting down for the holiday. I have found no Reuters pieces on the holy day.
Compare this with the number of negative stories referring to Israel during Christmas season.
What anti-Israel media bias?
October 8th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Now, now, Meryl, calm down. My guess is you will see a spate of Yom Kippur-related stories in the next few days.
Of course, all of them will center on the hardships Israel imposes on crossing points and such because of the holiday. They may say something like “Israelis claim that such holidays are occasions for terrorist efforts to intensify,” but the claim will be reported as if some doubt existed and meanwhile Palestinian sob stories about the problems the cruel Israelis cause will be accepted at face value.
But they will be stories relating to Yom Kippur.