Friday’s attacks were not the deadliest violence in France since the Second World War

Journalists must be careful to avoid phrasing that distorts the truth and ignores history

Paris was hit by a series of simultaneous and organized acts of violence late Friday night, with over 129 casualties as a result of the attacks thus far. The event has received a wide range of press coverage, and many myths have been spread in the scramble to understand what happened, as BuzzFeed helpfully notes. […]