Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.16 $; site ada-uts.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!harvard!bbnccv!ada-uts!az From: az@ada-uts.UUCP Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Re: Terrorism, etc. (Just a thought) Message-ID: <18100015@ada-uts.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 13:47:00 EST Article-I.D.: ada-uts.18100015 Posted: Tue Nov 5 13:47:00 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Nov-85 21:18:58 EST References: <426@uw-june>.UUCP> Lines: 25 Nf-ID: #R:uw-june>:-42600:ada-uts:18100015:000:1205 Nf-From: ada-uts!az Nov 5 13:47:00 1985 > ***** ada-uts:net.politics / rlgvax!raghu / 8:34 am Nov 1, 1985 > I totally agree. When an innocent American is killed abroad > by Arabs (or Palestinians), all hell breaks loose among the > journalists and the news media, but when an equally innocent > Arab-sympathizer is killed in America by Americans, it is > conveniently ignored by the news media. I did see a small blurp > in the Washington Post a few weeks back about Odeh but nothing > more. > Both murders were acts of terrorism and both deserve reasonable > coverage in the news. > - Raghu. I do agree that both murders are equally reprehensible. As for the coverage by media, the difference is easy to explain by the difference between those two events. The first lasted few days with a lot of diplomatic activities, and finally resulted in the fall of the Italian government and serious rift in the relations between USA and Egypt. The second one was a murder, unfortunately one of many in this country. The fact that the victim was a political activist does cast some suspicions, but does not make it as drammatic as the first event. That's why media covered them differently. Alex Zatsman.