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Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest in the occupied West Bank on Friday, setting fire to olive trees and throwing stones. France 24 reports that about 80 settlers took part and that at least two people were injured, including Heidi Levine, a Washington Post photojournalist. Associated Press reporting says her injuries included several broken vertebrae. Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray said the paper was outraged by an unwarranted attack on one of its photojournalists. The New Republic reports that Levine was also robbed. Reporters Without Borders condemned the violence.

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What happened

Key points

Each point shows who reports it, from Far Left to Far Right.

  1. Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest in the West Bank on Friday and set fire to olive trees.

    Reported byFar Left1Left2Center2Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    The New Republic
    Left
    Al Jazeera English, The Guardian
    Center
    BBC News, France 24
    Right
    The Washington Times

  2. Heidi Levine, a Washington Post photojournalist, was injured in the attack.

    Across the spectrumReported byFar Left1Left2Center5Right1Far Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Far Left
    The New Republic
    Left
    CBS News, The Guardian
    Center
    France 24, The Hill, Newsweek, Deutsche Welle, PBS NewsHour
    Right
    The Washington Times
    Far Right
    The Daily Caller

  3. Associated Press reporting says Levine's injuries included several broken vertebrae.

    Reported byCenter1Right1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Center
    PBS NewsHour
    Right
    The Washington Times

  4. Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray said the paper was outraged by the attack.

    One outletThe Hill· Center

  5. The New Republic reports that Levine was also robbed during the attack.

    One outletThe New Republic· Far Left

  6. Reporters Without Borders condemned the attack as brazen violence.

    One outletDeutsche Welle· Center

How each side tells it

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All sides report that Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians during the olive harvest and injured Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine. Left outlets stress attacks on farmers, right outlets lead with video of the beating, and center outlets state the event plainly.

  • the left

    11 outlets

    Headlines lead with settler attacks on Palestinian farmers and the journalist's injury; Al Jazeera calls them pogroms and the Far Left New Republic adds that Levine was robbed.

    Israeli settlers attack olive farmers and Washington Post journalist in West Bank
    The GuardianLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    7 outlets

    Headlines state plainly that Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians or injured a US journalist during the olive harvest, with few evaluative words.

    Israeli settlers attack Palestinians in West Bank during olive harvest
    BBC NewsCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    2 outlets

    The one report the outlet wrote itself leads with graphic video and a quoted cry of fear, calling the beating brutal; the Washington Times items are AP reports leading with attacks on Palestinians.

    ‘I’m Going To Die’: Video Shows Israeli Settlers Brutally Attacking WaPo Journalist, Beating Her With Clubs
    The Daily CallerFar RightAll right-leaning headlines

The words they chose

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Words that carry a judgement beyond the facts. Tap a highlighted word anywhere on the page to see why.

  • Left10

    pogromsclashesIsraeli pogromsprogrom

  • Center2

    militant Israeli settlersslammed

  • Right0

    No loaded words in its own voice.

In the outlets’ own words

  • Sensational language

    pogromsMore neutral: attacks

    A pogrom is a historically loaded term for mass violence against a group, and the outlet uses it in its own voice where the other outlets describe the incident as attacks.

    Palestinian olive trees torched as settler pogroms escalate during harvest

    Used byAl Jazeera English (Left)

  • Euphemism

    clashesMore neutral: attacks

    A clash suggests two sides fighting each other, while the coverage describes masked men attacking harvesters and beating a photographer.

    American journalist, Palestinians injured in West Bank clashes

    Used byCBS News (Left)

  • Sensational language

    Israeli pogromsMore neutral: attacks by settlers

    Pogrom is a historically loaded term for mass violence against a group, while the reported events are attacks on farmers and burning of trees.

    …attacked Palestinians and set fire to olive trees in the occupied West Bank, as Israeli pogroms in the territory continue.

    Used byAl Jazeera English (Left)

  • Sensational language

    progromMore neutral: attacks

    Pogrom is a historically loaded term for mass violence against a group, while the reported events are attacks on farmers and burning of trees.

    Israeli settlers continue progrom amid olive harvest in occupied West Bank

    Used byAl Jazeera English (Left)

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  • Sensational language

    brutally attackedMore neutral: attacked

    The adverb adds a judgement of severity that the reported injuries do not by themselves establish.

    Israeli settlers brutally attacked Palestinian olive pickers and a photojournalist working for The Washington Post…

    Used byAl Jazeera English (Left)

  • Sensational language

    pogromMore neutral: attack

    The term carries the weight of organized massacres of a group, which the headline asserts before the facts are set out.

    Palestinians, US journalist attacked in West Bank pogrom: What we know

    Used byAl Jazeera English (Left)

  • Sensational language

    violent pogromsMore neutral: attacks

    The term carries the weight of organized massacres of a group, and the description applies it before the facts are set out.

    Israeli settlers carry out violent pogroms on Palestinian olive groves in the towns of Abu Falah and Turmus Ayya.

    Used byAl Jazeera English (Left)

  • Loaded verb

    did not care to differentiate herMore neutral: did not distinguish her from the villagers

    The phrase attributes a motive and attitude to the attackers that the reporting does not document.

    …that read “PRESS” on the front and the back, but the attacking Israelis did not care to differentiate her.

    Used byThe New Republic (Far Left)

  • Loaded modifier

    militant Israeli settlersMore neutral: Israeli settlers

    The label attaches a political stance to the group that the description does not establish.

    Clad in black and their faces masked, dozens of militant Israeli settlers burned olive trees and threw rocks at Palestinians in a coordinated attack…

    Used byFrance 24 (Center)

  • Loaded verb

    slammedMore neutral: criticized

    The verb makes a press statement sound more forceful than the reported criticism.

    Reporters Without Borders slammed the attack as "brazen violence."

    Used byDeutsche Welle (Center)

  • Sensational language

    brutalMore neutral: attack

    The adjective adds a judgement about the attack beyond the reported facts.

    In the latest brutal attack by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank, a Washington Post…

    Used byNBC News (Left)

  • Sensational language

    Nearly KillMore neutral: Injure

    Nearly kill asserts a near-fatal outcome in dramatic terms, while the supplied text lists specific injuries without describing a death attempt.

    Masked Israeli Settlers Nearly Kill Washington Post Journalist as Attacks on Palestinians Escalate

    Used byDemocracy Now! (Far Left)

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  • Sensational language

    Quoted

    despicable act of terrorMore neutral: attack that injured her

    The phrase is Huckabee’s judgement of the attack and is presented as his own characterization rather than a neutral description of what happened.

    Trump-appointed Ambassador Mike Huckabee calls the attack on Heidi Levine a 'despicable act of terror'.

    Quoted byAl Jazeera English (Left)The Guardian (Left)

    These are Mike Huckabee’s words. The outlets are reporting them.

  • Sensational language

    Quoted

    despicableMore neutral: (omit) and quote or describe

    Moral verdict in the reporter's voice.

    Trump-appointed Ambassador Mike Huckabee calls attack in occupied West Bank a ‘despicable act of terror’.

    Quoted byAl Jazeera English (Left)The Guardian (Left)

    Inside a quotation: the outlets are reporting someone else’s words.

  • Dehumanizing label

    Quoted

    masked cowardsMore neutral: masked men

    The phrase is Huckabee’s label for the attackers as contemptible before the facts are established in court.

    “Attacking a female photographer is a despicable act of terror carried out by masked cowards,” Huckabee wrote on X on Saturday.

    Quoted byAl Jazeera English (Left)

    These are Mike Huckabee’s words. The outlets are reporting them.

  • Sensational language

    Quoted

    vicious & cowardlyMore neutral: violent

    The words are Huckabee’s characterization of the attackers and go beyond a neutral description of the assault.

    …Huckabee called the attack on Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine "vicious & cowardly," citing that she is an American citizen and had identified herself as a…

    Quoted byCBS News (Left)

    These are Mike Huckabee’s words. The outlets are reporting them.

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Side by side

What each side leads with and what it leaves out. Open a side to read its headlines.

From the left

11 outlets

Leads with

  • Settler attacks on Palestinian farmers
  • Journalist Heidi Levine beaten
  • Burning of olive trees

Leaves out

  • Levine's broken vertebrae
  • Washington Post editor's statement
  • Reporters Without Borders condemnation

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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From the center

7 outlets

Leads with

  • Settlers attacking Palestinians during harvest
  • US journalist injured
  • Washington Post reaction

Leaves out

  • Alleged robbery of the journalist

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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From the right

2 outlets

Leads with

  • Graphic video of the journalist's beating
  • Attacks on residents and a foreign journalist
  • Israel's response to the settlers

Leaves out

  • Number of settlers reported by France 24
  • Reporters Without Borders condemnation

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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  • The Washington TimesRightAssociated Press report

    Photographer attacked by settlers in the West Bank feels insulted by Netanyahu

    The photographer with The Washington Post who was attacked by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank so badly that several vertebrae were broken said Sunday she was increasingly angry that Israel's military seems to protect settlers more than the Palestinians they threaten.

    Read at The Washington Times (opens in a new tab)

    Also published by PBS NewsHour. It counts once.

  • The Washington TimesRightAssociated Press report

    Israeli settlers attack Palestinians during olive harvest, and other Middle East developments

    Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians in towns across the occupied West Bank during the olive harvest, beating residents and a foreign journalist.

    Read at The Washington Times (opens in a new tab)
  • The Daily CallerFar Right

    ‘I’m Going To Die’: Video Shows Israeli Settlers Brutally Attacking WaPo Journalist, Beating Her With Clubs

    ‘They just kept kicking me and kicking me’

    Read at The Daily Caller (opens in a new tab)

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Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

  • Left

    First to report

    Al Jazeera English, Oct 16, 6:27 AM EDT

  • Center

    1 hr 13 min later

    Its first report, Oct 16, 7:40 AM EDT

  • Right

    3 hr 42 min later

    Its first report, Oct 16, 10:09 AM EDT

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  1. Al Jazeera EnglishLeftOct 16, 6:27 AM EDT
  2. BBC NewsCenterOct 16, 7:40 AM EDT
  3. CBS NewsLeftOct 16, 8:22 AM EDT
  4. The GuardianLeftOct 16, 10:06 AM EDT
  5. The Daily CallerFar RightOct 16, 10:09 AM EDT
  6. The New RepublicFar LeftOct 16, 10:09 AM EDT
  7. France 24CenterOct 16, 11:01 AM EDT
  8. NPRLeftOct 16, 11:57 AM EDT
  9. The HillCenterOct 16, 2:24 PM EDT
  10. NewsweekCenterOct 16, 2:34 PM EDT
  11. TruthoutFar LeftOct 16, 2:37 PM EDT
  12. The New York TimesLeftOct 16, 2:37 PM EDT
  13. Deutsche WelleCenterOct 16, 3:32 PM EDT
  14. Financial TimesCenterOct 16, 3:42 PM EDT
  15. The Washington TimesRightOct 16, 5:19 PM EDT
  16. VoxFar LeftOct 16, 5:45 PM EDT
  17. NBC NewsLeftOct 16, 6:55 PM EDT
  18. PBS NewsHourCenterOct 16, 7:46 PM EDT
  19. BloombergLeftOct 17, 7:17 PM EDT
  20. Democracy Now!Far LeftOct 19, 8:35 AM EDT

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