Sweden: Media ignores Jewish aspect of Paris 'hostage situation'

Harry Amster writes in SvD that Swedish media generally ignored the 'Jewish aspect' of the terrorist attack on the Hyper Cacher in Paris.

A Friday radio show (Studio Ett) never wondered why the terrorists chose a Jewish target and what this meant for French Jews.  This continued through the evening TV news.

The Swedish media in general focused on the increased risk of Islamophobia, but didn't ask themselves how French Jews felt when they brought in the Sabbath while their brothers and sisters were being held hostage in a supermarket.  At most, they mentioned that the hostages included mothers and children.

On Sunday, the  Jewish issue was brought up twice in a two-hour show.  Antisemitism was on the agenda, but stayed there.

While the Charlie Hebdo attack was described as 'terrorism', Swedish media preferred to call the attack against Jews 'a hostage situation'.