Networks Declare Israeli Response to Captured Solider ‘Furious,’ ‘Pounding’; Tout Palestinians Praising the Kidnapping

Curtis Houck | August 1, 2014
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More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.

On Friday night, the major broadcast networks all covered the latest developments in the conflict between the Israelis and Hamas as a three-day cease-fire collapsed after as an Israeli solider was captured during an ambush while the two sides were fighting in an underground tunnel. In their coverage, the networks used some harsh language against the Israeli offensive to seek out those responsible and two of them touted Palestinians praising the capture. 

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