Palestine Media Watch

CNN vs MSNBC

1 - * CNN: Headline does not indicate who 
        attacked whom;
     * MSNBC: Headline indicates who attacked 
        whom;

2 - * CNN: The leading sentence (the most 
        important one) still does not indicate 
        who attacked whom;
     * MSNBC's leading sentence repeats who 
        attacked whom;

3 - * CNN: The leading sentence implies, by 
        referring to settlers returning from funeral, 
        that Palestinians strated the attack;
     * MSNBC: no ambiguity is left about who 
        attacked whom;

4 - * CNN: The leading sentence does not tell 
        us that a 13 year old Palestinian girl was 
        shot in the head and killed;
     * MSNBC: The leading sentence tells us 
        that a 13 year old Palestinian girl was 
        killed;

5 - * CNN: We have to wait until paragraph 3 
        to learn that it was the settlers who 
        "erupted";
     * MSNBC: we were told from the beginning 
        that the settlers "assaulted Palestinians"; 

6 - * CNN: story is 250 words long;
     * MSNBC: story is 897 words long;

7 - * CNN story has no accompanying 
        photograph;
     * MSNBC: has a photograph showing 
        settlers throwing stones and shooting 
        at Palestinians;