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1. Read this headline and select why it is misleading. Select all that apply.
A. Passive voice
You're right! This headline is misleading on various levels:
The headline obscures the perpetrator. There is no mention that it is Israel that bombed and killed.
✅ A more ethical headline would be: “Israel kills 11 members of Mr. Khader’s family, including his four children, in one bombing raid on Gaza.”
B. Bothsides-ism
You're right! This headline is misleading on various levels:
The phrase “Israel Gaza” suggests symmetry, implying a “conflict” between equal sides rather than a colonial power committing genocide against an occupied people. It also reinforces colonial narratives that fragment the Palestinian people, as if the violence is limited to Gaza rather than part of a broader colonial system against all Palestinians.
✅ A more ethical headline would be: “Israel kills 11 members of Mr. Khader’s family, including his four children, in one bombing raid on Gaza.”
C. Stereotyping
Not quite right. This is not the core issue here. This headline is misleading on these levels:
Bothsides-ism: The phrase “Israel Gaza” suggests symmetry, implying a “conflict” between equal sides rather than a colonial power committing genocide against an occupied people. It also reinforces colonial narratives that fragment the Palestinian people, as if the violence is limited to Gaza rather than part of a broader colonial system against all Palestinians. Explore more here
Passive voice: The headline obscures the perpetrator. There is no mention that it is Israel that bombed and killed.
Reductionist language: Terms like “blast” instead of “bombing,” and “loses” instead of “killed,” sanitise the crime. Saying “family members” without clarifying they include his children also dehumanises the story.
Erasure: The father is unnamed, despite speaking openly in the article. While anonymity is sometimes necessary for safety, when Palestinians choose to speak publicly, acknowledging their identity is important. We are not numbers. Explore more here
✅ A more ethical headline would be: “Israel kills 11 members of Mr. Khader’s family, including his four children, in one bombing raid on Gaza.”
D. Reductionist language
You're right! This headline is misleading on various levels:
Terms like “blast” instead of “bombing,” and “loses” instead of “killed,” sanitise the crime. Saying “family members” without clarifying they include his children also dehumanises the story.
✅ A more ethical headline would be: “Israel kills 11 members of Mr. Khader’s family, including his four children, in one bombing raid on Gaza.”
E. Erasure
You're right! This headline is misleading on various levels:
The father is unnamed, despite speaking openly in the article. While anonymity is sometimes necessary for safety, when Palestinians choose to speak publicly, acknowledging their identity is important. We are not numbers.
✅ A more ethical headline would be: “Israel kills 11 members of Mr. Khader’s family, including his four children, in one bombing raid on Gaza.”
F. Disinformation
Not quite right. This is not the core issue here. This headline is misleading on these levels:
Bothsides-ism: The phrase “Israel Gaza” suggests symmetry, implying a “conflict” between equal sides rather than a colonial power committing genocide against an occupied people. It also reinforces colonial narratives that fragment the Palestinian people, as if the violence is limited to Gaza rather than part of a broader colonial system against all Palestinians. Explore more here
Passive voice: The headline obscures the perpetrator. There is no mention that it is Israel that bombed and killed.
Reductionist language: Terms like “blast” instead of “bombing,” and “loses” instead of “killed,” sanitise the crime. Saying “family members” without clarifying they include his children also dehumanises the story.
Erasure: The father is unnamed, despite speaking openly in the article. While anonymity is sometimes necessary for safety, when Palestinians choose to speak publicly, acknowledging their identity is important. We are not numbers. Explore more here
✅ A more ethical headline would be: “Israel kills 11 members of Mr. Khader’s family, including his four children, in one bombing raid on Gaza.”
2. Read this headline and select why it is misleading:
A. Decontexualisation
You're right! This headline is misleading on various levels:
Readers are not informed of the ongoing Nakba. The people being ethnically cleansed in this raid are already refugees, denied their right to return for over seven decades.
✅ A more ethical headline would be: “Israel forcibly displaces hundreds of Palestinian refugees from Jenin amid renewed military assault.”
B. Steryotyping
Not quite right. This is not the core issue here. This headline is misleading on these levels:
Reductionist language: The phrase “leave Jenin” suggests voluntary movement, ignoring the context of forced displacement resulting from Israeli military attacks. Using "raids continue" downplays the severity of the military offensive and normalises Israeli colonial violence.
Decontextualisation: Readers are not informed of the ongoing Nakba. The people being ethnically cleansed in this raid are already refugees, denied their right to return for over seven decades.
✅ A more ethical headline would be: “Israel forcibly displaces hundreds of Palestinian refugees from Jenin amid renewed military assault.”
C. Passive Voice
Not quite right. This is not the core issue here. This headline is misleading on these levels:
Reductionist language: The phrase “leave Jenin” suggests voluntary movement, ignoring the context of forced displacement resulting from Israeli military attacks. Using "raids continue" downplays the severity of the military offensive and normalises Israeli colonial violence.
Decontextualisation: Readers are not informed of the ongoing Nakba. The people being ethnically cleansed in this raid are already refugees, denied their right to return for over seven decades.
✅ A more ethical headline would be: “Israel forcibly displaces hundreds of Palestinian refugees from Jenin amid renewed military assault.”
D. Reductionist language
You're right! This headline is misleading on various levels:
The phrase “leave Jenin” suggests voluntary movement, ignoring the context of forced displacement resulting from Israeli military attacks. Using "raids continue" downplays the severity of the military offensive and normalises Israeli colonial violence.
✅ A more ethical headline would be: “Israel forcibly displaces hundreds of Palestinian refugees from Jenin amid renewed military assault.”
E. Disinfromation
Not quite right. This is not the core issue here. This headline is misleading on these levels:
Reductionist language: The phrase “leave Jenin” suggests voluntary movement, ignoring the context of forced displacement resulting from Israeli military attacks. Using "raids continue" downplays the severity of the military offensive and normalises Israeli colonial violence.
Decontextualisation: Readers are not informed of the ongoing Nakba. The people being ethnically cleansed in this raid are already refugees, denied their right to return for over seven decades.
✅ A more ethical headline would be: “Israel forcibly displaces hundreds of Palestinian refugees from Jenin amid renewed military assault.”
F. Discrediting Palestinians
Not quite right. This is not the core issue here. This headline is misleading on these levels:
Reductionist language: The phrase “leave Jenin” suggests voluntary movement, ignoring the context of forced displacement resulting from Israeli military attacks. Using "raids continue" downplays the severity of the military offensive and normalises Israeli colonial violence.
Decontextualisation: Readers are not informed of the ongoing Nakba. The people being ethnically cleansed in this raid are already refugees, denied their right to return for over seven decades.
✅ A more ethical headline would be: “Israel forcibly displaces hundreds of Palestinian refugees from Jenin amid renewed military assault.”
3. Read this headline and select why it is misleading:
A. Stereotyping
Not quite right. This is not the core issue here. This headline is misleading on these levels:
Discrediting Palestinians: Adding “Hamas-run” before “health ministry” and the word “says” cast doubt on the credibility of the information. Explore more here
Passive voice: More than 40,000 killed obscures the perpetrator, Israel.
Decontexualisation and euphemism: Context is obscured by framing it as war instead of a genocide. Explore more here
✅ A more ethical headline would be: “Israel’s genocide killed more than 40,000 Palestinians in Gaza, Gaza Health Ministry reports”
B. Passive Voice
You're right! This headline is misleading on various levels:
More than 40,000 killed obscures the perpetrator, Israel.
✅ A more ethical headline would be: “Israel’s genocide killed more than 40,000 Palestinians in Gaza, Gaza Health Ministry reports”
C. Discrediting Palestinians
You're right! This headline is misleading on various levels:
Adding “Hamas-run” before “health ministry” and the word “says” cast doubt on the credibility of the information. Explore more here
✅ A more ethical headline would be: “Israel’s genocide killed more than 40,000 Palestinians in Gaza, Gaza Health Ministry reports”
D. Decontextualisation
You're right! This headline is misleading on various levels:
Context is obscured by framing it as war instead of a genocide. Explore more here
✅ A more ethical headline would be: “Israel’s genocide killed more than 40,000 Palestinians in Gaza, Gaza Health Ministry reports”
E. Euphemism
You're right! This headline is misleading on various levels:
Context is obscured by framing it as war instead of a genocide. Explore more here
✅ A more ethical headline would be: “Israel’s genocide killed more than 40,000 Palestinians in Gaza, Gaza Health Ministry reports”
4. Read this headline and select why it is misleading:
A. Decontextalisation
You're right! This headline is misleading on various levels:
It isolates the event from the broader genocidal context while ignoring that the “operation” involved massacring over 270 Palestinians in the densely populated refugee camp of Nuseirat. Using the word “hostages” also erases the context that they are prisoners.
✅ A more ethical headline would be: “Israel Kills over 270 Palestinians During Armed Assault on Gaza Refugee Camp to Extract 4 Israeli Prisoners”
B. Bothsides-ism
Not quite right. This is not the core issue here. This headline is misleading on these levels:
Decontextualisation: It isolates the event from the broader genocidal context while ignoring that the “operation” involved massacring over 270 Palestinians in the densely populated refugee camp of Nuseirat. Using the word “hostages” also erases the context that they are prisoners.
Euphemism: Words like “rescues” and “operation” sanitise systemic violence and reinforce Israeli claims that the genocide is “defensive” rather than offensive and illegal.
Passive Voice: “are killed” obscures the perpetrator, Israel.
Downplaying: “Scores” obscures the scale of the massacre committed which killed 270 Palestinians.
✅ A more ethical headline would be: “Israel Kills over 270 Palestinians During Armed Assault on Gaza Refugee Camp to Extract 4 Israeli Prisoners”
C. Euphemism
You're right! This headline is misleading on various levels:
Words like “rescues” and “operation” sanitise systemic violence and reinforce Israeli claims that the genocide is “defensive” rather than offensive and illegal.
✅ A more ethical headline would be: “Israel Kills over 270 Palestinians During Armed Assault on Gaza Refugee Camp to Extract 4 Israeli Prisoners”
D. Discrediting Palestinians
Not quite right. This is not the core issue here. This headline is misleading on these levels:
Decontextualisation: It isolates the event from the broader genocidal context while ignoring that the “operation” involved massacring over 270 Palestinians in the densely populated refugee camp of Nuseirat. Using the word “hostages” also erases the context that they are prisoners.
Euphemism: Words like “rescues” and “operation” sanitise systemic violence and reinforce Israeli claims that the genocide is “defensive” rather than offensive and illegal.
Passive Voice: “are killed” obscures the perpetrator, Israel.
Downplaying: “Scores” obscures the scale of the massacre committed which killed 270 Palestinians.
✅ A more ethical headline would be: “Israel Kills over 270 Palestinians During Armed Assault on Gaza Refugee Camp to Extract 4 Israeli Prisoners”
E. Passive Voice
You're right! This headline is misleading on various levels:
“are killed” obscures the perpetrator, Israel.
✅ A more ethical headline would be: “Israel Kills over 270 Palestinians During Armed Assault on Gaza Refugee Camp to Extract 4 Israeli Prisoners”
F. Downplaying
You're right! This headline is misleading on various levels:
“Scores” obscures the scale of the massacre committed which killed 270 Palestinians.
✅ A more ethical headline would be: “Israel Kills over 270 Palestinians During Armed Assault on Gaza Refugee Camp to Extract 4 Israeli Prisoners”
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