the headline is an outright lie

[derien]

eor pointed out to me that CNN's headline reads
Three guilty in airline bomb plot
but that he heard on NPR, yesterday, that they had not been found guilty of actually trying to bomb planes. When you actually read the article you find that three (of eight) men were convicted of conspiracy to murder, but "the jury could not reach a verdict on their charges of endangering an aircraft." The jury failed to reach any verdict on four of the eight men, and the eighth man was found not guilty on all counts. (At least the British clear some of the suspects and admit it!) But you have to actually read the article to find out that the headline is a lie, and how many Americans actually read beyond the headlines?

The liquids restrictions on planes in the U.S. which I (and all flyers) have been dealing with for the past two years was instituted based on this case. So; CNN - liberally biased, as one of my coworkers claims? You be the judge.

Comments

[kryptyd.livejournal.com]

We got the real headline here.

Can I fly with deodorant/sunblock/mosquito stuff again now?

[derien.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sure they won't be lifting the restrictions any time soon, at least here. :) (Though in your part of the world they might be more reasonable.)

[kryptyd.livejournal.com]

Last two times I flew they didn't make me take my shoes off for the scan, which is blessing if you like big boots.

[(Anonymous)]

Sometimes your sense of fairness and objectivity
still amazes me
LTA

[derien.livejournal.com]

Nah, I'm not fair and objective - I hate CNN for being lying liars and playing the administration's game at every turn. I just don't want to turn my LJ into political rants. That's Eor's job. ;) (I wish he'd do it more often. He's so GOOD at political and economic rants.)

[derien.livejournal.com]

Or maybe that's not evident to you because often when I do rant I lock it down. It's not as if I think the spooks won't be able to read it, I just figure they'll be more lenient if I'm not making it available to the general public.

[sospan-fach.livejournal.com]

At least the British clear some of the suspects and admit it!

Most of the time... :-S

But yes, I know what you mean. My Dad's a journalist, and I have childhood memories of him being really pissed off at certain headlines/writeups because they did basically the same as what you describe...and then he'd explain it point-by-point to us kids as to how the exaggerations/implications/bias had been implemented.

[sigh] I should've gone into media. [Actually, the reason I didn't was probably because I've seen what happens to idealistic journos. ;-) ]

Seriously, bad journalism makes the little baby Jesus want to stick forks in his eyes. So I hold, anyhow.