July 23, 2003
It's all in the nuance

Today's headlines from the local papers:

Seattle Times:

Saddam’s sons killed in gunfight at hide-out
Reviled brothers’ demise seen as blow to loyalists, boost to U.S. troops
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer:

Saddam's sons slain in assault
Acting on a tip, a U.S. force of 200 attacks a house in Mosul
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Can anybody see the difference?

The P-I editors must have been crying in their beer when they wrote the headline.

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at July 23, 2003 03:50 PM
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If you're gonna screw up, screw up in style:

"Fans Feast On Route By Man U"

They meant to say "Rout." On the front page. In 36pt bold headlines.

I guess the PI spends as much on proofreaders and editors as they do on fact checkers. Iget the feeling that their major expense is mind-altering substances for the opinion columnists.

-- Erik

Posted by: Erik on July 23, 2003 08:44 PM
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