YnetNews Stumbles With Awkward 'Jew' Headlines
Yikes. Here’s an example of an article that if it were published domestically, would perhaps incite reader anger for its clumsy and awkward framing of an undeniable statistical issue.
Examining the fact that Jewish individuals reportedly make up one-quarter of the wealthiest 400 in the United States, YnetNews–the English-language sister website of Israel’s Ynet portal–headlines its piece “How Did American Jews Get So Rich?” There are also generic stock photos of the NYSE trading floor and a group of men captioned, respectively, “Wall Street: Many Jews” and “Hollywood: Many Jews.”
Article author Tani Goldstein likely had nothing to do with the choice of headline and photo captions.
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