Shameless Hacks: Huffington Post Depicts Israeli Strike on Convoy as Attack on Civilians

The Tatler and others have been reporting today on the Israeli air strike on a convoy on the Syrian-Lebanese border. It’s unclear at this point whether the convoy was carrying surface-t0-air missiles or chemical weapons. Either way, the target was clearly military in nature. Its contents could have played a role in a serious escalation of the turmoil in the Middle East.

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The Huffington Post has also been reporting on the story, mainly relying on Reuters coverage. The Reuters story that the HuffPo links is a straightforward account indicating the military nature of the target. But HuffPo’s editors chose to run this photo with the story.

Huff-Watch has more. The Huffington Post’s photo choice is a shameless and deliberate attempt to portray the justified military strike as an attack on civilians going about their day.

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