Only CBS Identifies Israel's Targets as 'Terrorists,' NBC and ABC See 'Militants'

Scott Whitlock | July 10, 2014
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[For more, see NewsBusters.] Of the three morning shows on Thursday, only CBS allowed that Israel's targets in the ongoing violence could be called "terrorists." ABC and NBC described "militants " The networks all highlighted the plight of Palestinian civilians hurt or killed by Israel. But their journalists failed to wonder if Hamas was using people as human shields. Instead, Good Morning America's Alex Marquardt highlighted, "So far, around 80 Palestinians killed, the vast majority civilians. This morning, eight members of a single family mistakenly killed." Translating from a woman whose house was destroyed, Marquardt quoted, "There is no reason to attack my house...There are no militants here."

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