CNN Fixes ‘Bus Fire’ Headline
CNN has corrected a headline which hours after Israeli police confirmed that a bomb was responsible for the explosion on a Jerusalem bus continued to refer to a “bus fire.”
As CAMERA’s Dexter Van Zile tweeted yesterday, the original headline, “Bus fire in Jerusalem injures at least 21, police say,” remained unchanged on CNN’s site for hours after the police reported on the bomb.
The Algemeiner reported yesterday (“Watchdog Groups Blast CNN for ‘Bus Fire’ Headline Following Major Terrorist Bombing in Jerusalem“):
Dexter Van Zile, a researcher for the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA), added, “It’s universally understood that this was a terrorist attack. CNN needs to get on the shtick and change the headline.”
In the wake of the uproar over yet another skewed CNN headline, editors have commendably amended the headline. It now reads: “Bus attack in Jerusalem injures at least 21, police say.”
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