The New York Times made a cringeworthy mistake that says it all about how the media misrepresents the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

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• The New York Times issued a massive correction about Palestinian payoffs to terrorists.
• But the mistake should never have been made.
• When it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, many in the media choose to disregard the unpleasant realities. 

It’s one thing for a writer or editor to mistake a name, or a spelling, or the age of someone being profiled. It’s one thing for a caption to attribute the photo to the wrong source.