A Jewish settler has shot dead a Palestinian man harvesting olives near the West Bank city of Nablus, the man’s uncle said.

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    1 year ago

    Why is that the real one? AP tool the parts that are true, a guy got shot dead and didn’t include any of the opinions / unproven claims

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, AP tends to stick to what is known.

      Let’s say a white cop kills a black man. Witnesses say that the black guy was peacefully walking down the side of the road and refused to stop when police tried to pull him over. The cops say the black guy was reaching for a weapon. There is video footage of the man trying to walk away from the police, but from the footage alone it’s not entirely clear whether or not he had a gun.

      Fox will report “man shot by police was fleeing and reaching for a gun”
      HuffPost will report “Walking While Black: White cop kills peaceful black man on the side of a road”
      AP will report “Man shot by police at [location]”

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        I’m just surprised AP didn’t use passive voice.

        Notice how the settler shot a Palestinian, but in your example the man was shot by police? Usually they would have said “Palestinian shot by Israeli settler” instead.