Sunday, June 5, 2011

Golan Heights Violence: CNN Changes Its Home Page Headline

Earlier today CNN ran the following headline on the home page of its website:

"4 killed, many injured in Golan Heights protests

Four protesters were killed and nine wounded when they attempted to cross the heavily-fortified Golan Heights between Syria and Israel."

I contacted CNN:

"This [the alleged number of dead] is based upon Syrian television, which is notoriously inaccurate and attempting to distract the Arab street from what is occurring within Syria. Four died? Did a CNN reporter see the bodies? Their names please? Or does CNN also seek to participate in the incitement?"

CNN has now changed the home page headline:

"20 reported killed as protesters, Israeli forces clash

Twenty protesters were killed today in Golan Heights clashes between Israeli forces and pro-Palestinian demonstrators, Syrian TV reported."

I don't know if I am responsible for the change in the headline. However, I am surprised Syrian TV is not claiming 1,000 dead among those bussed by the Assad regime to the Syrian border with Israel to commemorate Yawm an-Naksa, i.e. "day of the setback," referring to the 1967 Six Day War.

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