Just out of curiosity, I wandered over to the St. Petersburg Times to see how they were covering the newly-escalated hostilities in the Middle East, where Israel is taking a hard-line stance against attackers from Gaza and Lebanon.
The headline tells the truth, but frames the story as Israeli aggression: "Israeli airplanes attack Beirut airport."
The article, from the Associate Press, does mention that Israel had been attacked by Hezbollah from the Lebanese sector, but in the fourth paragraph (somewhat late for an inverted pyramid, but it could have been far worse).
Those who read headlines and leads only may end up with a distortedly negative picture of Israel. Those who read the whole thing will get a decent picture of the events.
Article here.
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