Friday, March 05, 2010



My Way News - Violent clashes in Jerusalem, West Bank
My Way News reports: "At the Jerusalem shrine, home to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, hundreds of Muslim worshippers emerging from prayers threw stones at policemen and Jews praying below at the Jewish shrine known as the Western Wall, according to Israeli police."

Comment: This is a misuse of the word "shrine" and maybe just a little condescending. The Western Wall of the Temple, a shrine? This report is a great example of modern journalism attempting to be impartial, to accord legitimacy to both sides, not realizing that when one side is irrational or at fault, the attempt to be impartial is actually biased by conferring moral legitimacy on those who lack it.

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