Saturday, September 19, 2009

Media Bias Again

Yawn. When a dead soldier's family says their son called the Afghanistan mission useless, we get 46 news stories about it.

Fallen soldier considered efforts in Afghanistan 'useless,' family ...

Globe and Mail - ‎16 hours ago‎
The brother of Private Jonathan Couturier has told a Quebec City newspaper the young soldier questioned whether anything was being accomplished in Afghanistan.
580 CFRA Radio - Pictou Country Nova Scotia News - Times and Transcript
What sort of headlines does a dead soldier who didn't feel that way get? Has anyone ever read an article that spins equally in the opposite direction?

If I were to answer my own question, I would simply say that the MSM is the same everywhere. The Globe and Mail, like almost all of them, is looking for a Canadian Cindy Sheehan and they think they might have found one. Whoopie!

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