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...struck by this pattern of bias and misrepresentation in Middle East reporting. On September 18, a short article concerning protests and violence in Jerusalem over Israeli construction in East Jerusalem appeared. A few short paragraphs were accompanied by a picture nearly twice the size of the article with a caption reading, "More Hostility in Jerusalem: A Palestinian child screams as an Israeli Border Police officer beats him with a club...
...both surprising and sad then to see a lapse in that oversight in a story on tensions in Jerusalem from the Reuters newsservice in last Thursday's paper. Accompanying that story was a photograph depicting a Palestinian Arab youth confronting an Israeli Border Policeman. The caption to that photograph fails to measure up to the Crimson's high standards on two counts...
Second, the caption is at fault for using language that panders to emotion and oversimplifies a complicated issue. By only describing an Israeli Border Policeman violently confronting a Palestinian youth, the caption or photograph does not capture the incident in its totality. It gives the impression that this was an unprovoked act of Israeli-initiated aggression and ignores the presence of the belligerent mob that threatened an apartment compound housing Israeli Jews...
...DROP THE BALL says the headline to an article in Men's Health urging early detection of testicular cancer. Maxim, a rude import from Britain that has just published its premiere issue in America, features a photograph of author Tom Clancy standing behind a pool table. The caption? "He's got balls...
While I applaud the Crimson for recognizing the wonderful job Mark A. Price '98 did as an emcee for Springfest (picture caption, April 28), I think just as much recognition should go to the work done by Chiqui O. Matthew '00. Not a member of the Undergraduate Council, Matthew was still willing to give his time and talents to help out as the co-emcee at Springfest for which he should be commended. The help given by non-Council members such as Matthew, Harvard Dining Services, Melody Schneinder and all the various band members were instrumental in making Springfest such...