Different ways to headline the same story

[Theophylact]

(from Body and Soul):

Following hard upon a raid which killed nine Afghan children last week, yesterday the military announced that six more children died in an assault on a weapons compund.

There were enormous differences in tone in the way news outlets headlined the story:

* The BBC was neutral: More Afghan children die in raids

* The New York Times was relatively direct: Military Says 6 Children Died in U.S. Raid in Afghanistan

* The Washington Post more so (although leaving the quick reader with the impression that the dead were legitimate targets): U.S. Kills 8 in Afghan Assault

* The Guardian was harsh: Six children die in fresh US blunder

* But CNN was morally clueless: U.S. assault: Children found dead

[J-Excel]

Al Jazeera editorial cartoon shows the pilot actually took pride in killing 9 children.

[M_Six]

My nephew just got back from a tour in Afghanistan working mostly with the SF guys. I don't want to get into details, but let's just say that things aren't always as easy to understand when you're in the thick of things over there. That, and it seems from what he was telling me (horror stories of abuse by Afghan men against their wives and children), that the people least concerned with the deaths of these children are the Afghani's themselves.

EDIT: I should add here that after talking with him at great length that I feel more strongly than ever there will never be a free, democratic, and peaceful Afghanistan. Our mission there should have been to wipe out the Taliban and the AQ animals and then leave. Nothing else we do there will matter a bit. We're only delaying the spiral into the usual anarchy by staying there.

[tony_j15]

people least concerned with the deaths of these children are the Afghani's themselves

That is the norm for most 3rd world Islamic nations.

[Epidemic]

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Someone is gonna jump on these generalizations.



BTW Kofi is so profoundly saddened but I do not see him calling for the nations of the world to increase the peace keeping force.

Textbook oratation there Kofi. Is that from the book of political correct phrases page 42 "response to death of children". Good one.

[nomaxim]

I think that it's the norm for ALL 3rd world nations, not just the Islamic ones.

EDIT: All right Epi, you called that one.

[Epidemic]

Interesting that they did not put up fox news's headline.

Theo any idea what Fox's headlines were. Was it something like yehaw or did it not fit the point they were trying to make.

[nomaxim]

Haven't seen Fox's response, but:

Target missed!

sounds about right.

[tony_j15]

Interesting that they did not put up fox news's headline.

Theo any idea what Fox's headlines were. Was it something like yehaw or did it not fit the point they were trying to make.

A little liberal bias, perhaps? Shhh, i didnt say that!

[nomaxim]

Tony, if that was aimed at me, well I voted for Bush. (Might again, depends?)

I just think that FoxNews is a little too , ummmm, grap happy. (If you get my drift)