2 outlets · first filed 5 hours ago
Samoan prime minister apologises for Nazi gesture in leaked video
Laʻauli Leuatea Schmidt was filmed making gesture and saying ‘Heil Hitler’ at family reunion in 2007
What the coverage shows
Both outlets focus on the apology and the same leaked video, with each quoting or paraphrasing the prime minister’s claim that it does not reflect his beliefs. The South China Morning Post alone adds that the footage was from a family gathering nearly 20 years old and was never meant to be public, and it also describes him as pro-Israel. Al Jazeera keeps the framing narrower, simply identifying him as Samoa’s leader and dating the clip to 2007.
Written by Crossfiled from the 2 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.
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