In their Oct. 29 editions, the Washington Post and the New York Times each devotes a half page of copy and picture to Israel's release of 26 Palestinian terrorist prisoners convicted of killing Israelis. But that's where the similarities end. At the Post, Jerusalem bureau chief William Booth devotes a couple of paragraphs high up in his article -- the fifth and sixth paragraphs, to be precise -- to identification and description of some of the victims, including a Holocaust survivor, and the horror of their last moments. Later in his piece, Booth goes on to inform his readers about the releases' emotional impact among Israelis, including public criticism by some members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet ("Israel to free 2nd batch of Palestinian prisoners as part of deal" page A9) At the Times, Jerusalem bureau chief Jodi Rudoren relates the event with markedly different journalistic priorities. What interests and grabs her is not Israeli victims of Palestinian butchery...(Read Full Post)