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[–] [S] 81 points 3 months ago (11 children)

visibly Jewish

What did they mean by this

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  • [–] 37 points 3 months ago (9 children)

    Probably dressed in typical religious attire?

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  • [–] [S] 45 points 3 months ago (7 children)

    What does it add to the reporting that “two Jewish guests” doesn’t already?

    This is a media criticism angle question - think about why a rag like this would say “visibly” and what emotion that intends to stir. Why does it matter when they’re interacting with a faceless computer system that doesn’t know they’re “visibly Jewish”? Why should we care whether they choose to outwardly express their faith or not? Does it make them more or less worthy “victims”?

    And so on.

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  • [–] 20 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    Maybe they thought hotel staff intentionally assigned them to that room and quickly made that message while they were on the way to their room?

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Maybe every TV in the hotel had the same message and they're doing the typical Israeli thing of playing the victim?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I don't know how the hotel's TVs work but my assumption from the article is that it's supposed to say "Welcome {guest name}" but the person checking them in put "Free Palestine" as the guest name.

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