The Importance of Reporting Israel’s Side of the Flotilla Incident

By Noel Sheppard, NewsBusters:

CRITICAL UPDATES at end of article.

It’s now all over the headlines: “Israeli Soldiers Kill at Least 10 Protesters on Boat Carrying Supplies to Gaza.”

But with all stories, there are indeed two sides.

As international outrage mounts, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancels Tuesday’s scheduled meeting with President Obama, it is crucial that news outlets here offer an accurate, fair and balanced assessment of exactly what transpired in the Mediterranean Sea early Monday morning.

After all, according to Israel’s Haaretz, this isn’t the unprovoked massacre some in the media are depicting (h/t Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey, photo courtesy AP):

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