Exclusive: Reporting attacks against ISIS and against Hamas

Updated 9 August 2015
In case anybody was thinking that there might be some double standards in the way the media is reporting US and British attacks against the terrorists of ISIS compared to the way they report Israeli attacks against the terrorists of Hamas, the following exclusive media reporting guide should quell any concerns you have:

                                    How to report the event

Event	American/British attacks against ISIS	Israeli attacks against Hamas
Military target destroyed in populated area	Terrorist target destroyed in pinpoint attack	Mass destruction of civilian area in bombardment
Terrorists killed in populated area	Terrorists killed in pinpoint attack	Massive loss of life in bombardment of civilian area
Between 1 and 5 civilians accidentally killed in our attacks	No  news value in this, so do not report	Deliberate massacre of civilians. List the names of every victim
Over 5 civilians accidentally killed in our attacks	No  news value in this, so do not report	Genocide committed against the civilian population. List the names of every victim
Civilians used as human shields are killed in our attacks	Terrorists cause civilian deaths by using them as human shields	Israel's deliberate killing of civilians
No civilians on our side are killed on our soil	Why would this even be considered as news?	Lack of Israeli civilian deaths is proof of disproportionate and unjustified attacks by Israel
Between 1 and 5 civilians on our side are killed on our soil	Hasn’t happened but if it does we must nuke them	Small number of Israeli civilian deaths is proof of disproportionate and unjustified attacks by Israel
Our home cities are being bombed and most of our population is living in shelters	Hasn’t happened but if it does we must nuke them	No news value in this, so do not report.
One of our soldiers is killed	National sorrow for hero killed fighting terrorists. The enemy must pay for this	So few soldiers being killed is proof of disproportionate and unjustified attacks by Israel
Between 1 and 200 of our soldiers is killed	Massacre of our heroes by terrorist scum. We must nuke them now	So few soldiers being killed is proof of disproportionate and unjustified attacks by Israel
To date 2000 terrorists and 500 civilians have been killed in our attacks. Five of our soldiers have been killed	5-page article headlined “The 5 heroes” with one page dedicated to the lives and loves of each soldier killed	Repeat in every article and headline: “2500 Palestinians killed. 5 Israelis dead”
Enemy commits terrorist atrocity such as kidnapping and beheading journalist or kidnapping and shooting schoolboys	ISIS must be destroyed for these acts of terrorism	Hamas must be rewarded and negotiated with as they only commit these acts out of frustration
Enemy fuel resource is destroyed	Terrorist fuel resource destroyed	Civilian population left without electricity and oil after Israelis deliberately target civilian fuel lifeline
We provide enemy with fuel, food and medicines while they attack us	Hasn’t happened but if it did the Government must resign	No news value in this, so do not report.

See also:
Where are the Allies v Iraqi 'number of deaths' scorecards?
ISIS v Hamas  
Rules and Guidelines for reporting on the Middle East