Newspaper Bias Masquerading as Fact

From a story in this morning's Boston Globe entitled "Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 7 Palestinians -
Defense minister warns Hamas"

"GAZA CITY - Israeli forces killed seven Palestinians in an air strike and ground assault in the Gaza Strip yesterday, retaliating for a barrage of mortar and rocket fire into southern Israel."

There is a picture which accompanies the story. The caption says

"Palestinians inspected a vehicle in Gaza yesterday after an Israeli air strike. Israel said it was retaliating for a barrage of mortar and rocket fire into southern Israel."

Note that in the story it is stated AS A FACT that the reason for the attack WAS a retaliation for rocket fire into Israel whereas in the caption it says that "Israel said" it was a retaliation.

Big difference.

In any event, you should be aware that nearly all stories about violent military killings by the Government of Israel state that the reasons the GOI has killed Palestinians is because rockets have been shot into Israel (which most of the time cause no injury and property damage.)

Let me know when you read a story that says: Palestinians today shot rockets into Israel in retaliation for the killings caused by the Israeli air strike and ground assault or (for a bigger prize) a story that says that the Palestinians shot their crude rockets into Israel today which landed harmlessly in a field in retaliation for 40 years of oppression by the Government of Israel and the frustration of those in Gaza at having to live in the "largest open prison in the world" and the GOI continuing dashing of the hopes of the Palestinians to have an independent contiguous state.