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British newspapers report diffent versions of the terror alert story
A comparative review of British press this morning reveals much about standards of journalism in the mass media. The newspapers have not yet got their story straight, and instead blatantly report different versions of the same facts and figures. Even the front pages of today's newspapers disagree, to such an extent that any intelligent person who cares to glance at a few of them in their local shop today will question the credibility of the daily news that we are fed each day. A random sample will be sufficient to demonstrate the point.
The headline on the front page of The Times is a typical: "Five planes and the plot to commit Britain's 9/11". Inside The Times, we learn that police have thwarted a "plot to detonate suicide bombs on five US-bound aircraft". A hi-tech picture shows us what the bomb might look like, and the title "invisible bomb" was not intended to be ironic.
The Guardian claims that twice as many aircraft were involved, declaring on its front page "up to 12 aircraft to be blown up" and "Five US cities targeted".
The number of planes changes again in The Sun "news" paper, which reports: "A TERROR plot to blow up nine jets using explosives in drinks bottles was smashed yesterday." A big line of text at the top of the front page proclaims "Plot to blow up 9 jets foiled", amid the usual pictures of half-naked women and celebrities.
In the Daily Telegraph we learn that the only "as many as 10 transatlantic jets" were targets. The attack "could have been executed within 48 hours", reminding us of Blair's infamous speech about Saddam Hussein's ability to attack British targets with Iraqi WMD at short notice, all of which was blatantly a pack of lies.
On its front page the Daily Mirror informs us that "police foiled a plot to blow up NINE planes" but "over EIGHT cities" rather than only five. The numbers are confidently emphasised as bold red capital letters and red text for extra impact. On the top-right corner of the page "10/8 the liquid bombs plot" appears in yellow text. Inside we learn about "A HORRIFYING wave of suicide bomb attacks on nine packed holiday jets that would have killed tens of thousands was foiled yesterday - with just 48 hours to spare." This version of events would make 12/10 the date of the attack.
In London, the front of the Evening Standard claims "Next Wednesday was bombing day" in big bold capital letters at the top of the page, with a dramatic red rubber-stamp-style date "16/8" filling the entire lower-right quarter of the page.
The Daily Star "news" paper carries a front page with the headline "50 terrorists, 10 airliners" beneath an unrelated soft porn banner showing a girl naked except for a thong. An inside page headline captures one key fact about the terrorists: "Every one a Brit Muslim".
The front page of The Independent is dominated by a huge red date "10/8" beneath which a disturbing question is posed "Was this going to be the next date on the calendar of terror?" The answer is no, if you read a different newspaper. Whatever the "calendar of terror" is supposed to be, the other newspapers are apparently not using it. This newspaper already seems to have decided that the arrested suspects were part of a "British-based al-Qaeda cell".
The "TEN jets" and "48 hours" version of the story is maintained by the front page of the "Daily Express" (whose web site is seemingly connected to the Daily Star's in some way judging by the similarities in structure and content).
The Financial Times describes "A terrorist plot to blow up as many as six US-bound aircraft", and this is the first sentence of the first paragraph of text. As usual, there is no indication that the facts and figures reported here as "news" might be spurious.
As always, it is clear that truth and accuracy are less important than a sensational story, especially when the headlines service the needs of state propaganda.
http://www.theinsider.org/news/article.asp?id=2147
Ha ha ha...
Gdje nam je sad Major_TOM, da se izgalami na "The Insider", kao na rasisticko glasilo...
Covjek je znao da unese zivosti na forum. Steta sto nije vise sa nama,izgubio je forum
na kvalitetu. No, iznaci ce se zasigurno nekakova zamjena za ovog konstruktivnog diskutanta.
A comparative review of British press this morning reveals much about standards of journalism in the mass media. The newspapers have not yet got their story straight, and instead blatantly report different versions of the same facts and figures. Even the front pages of today's newspapers disagree, to such an extent that any intelligent person who cares to glance at a few of them in their local shop today will question the credibility of the daily news that we are fed each day. A random sample will be sufficient to demonstrate the point.
The headline on the front page of The Times is a typical: "Five planes and the plot to commit Britain's 9/11". Inside The Times, we learn that police have thwarted a "plot to detonate suicide bombs on five US-bound aircraft". A hi-tech picture shows us what the bomb might look like, and the title "invisible bomb" was not intended to be ironic.
The Guardian claims that twice as many aircraft were involved, declaring on its front page "up to 12 aircraft to be blown up" and "Five US cities targeted".
The number of planes changes again in The Sun "news" paper, which reports: "A TERROR plot to blow up nine jets using explosives in drinks bottles was smashed yesterday." A big line of text at the top of the front page proclaims "Plot to blow up 9 jets foiled", amid the usual pictures of half-naked women and celebrities.
In the Daily Telegraph we learn that the only "as many as 10 transatlantic jets" were targets. The attack "could have been executed within 48 hours", reminding us of Blair's infamous speech about Saddam Hussein's ability to attack British targets with Iraqi WMD at short notice, all of which was blatantly a pack of lies.
On its front page the Daily Mirror informs us that "police foiled a plot to blow up NINE planes" but "over EIGHT cities" rather than only five. The numbers are confidently emphasised as bold red capital letters and red text for extra impact. On the top-right corner of the page "10/8 the liquid bombs plot" appears in yellow text. Inside we learn about "A HORRIFYING wave of suicide bomb attacks on nine packed holiday jets that would have killed tens of thousands was foiled yesterday - with just 48 hours to spare." This version of events would make 12/10 the date of the attack.
In London, the front of the Evening Standard claims "Next Wednesday was bombing day" in big bold capital letters at the top of the page, with a dramatic red rubber-stamp-style date "16/8" filling the entire lower-right quarter of the page.
The Daily Star "news" paper carries a front page with the headline "50 terrorists, 10 airliners" beneath an unrelated soft porn banner showing a girl naked except for a thong. An inside page headline captures one key fact about the terrorists: "Every one a Brit Muslim".
The front page of The Independent is dominated by a huge red date "10/8" beneath which a disturbing question is posed "Was this going to be the next date on the calendar of terror?" The answer is no, if you read a different newspaper. Whatever the "calendar of terror" is supposed to be, the other newspapers are apparently not using it. This newspaper already seems to have decided that the arrested suspects were part of a "British-based al-Qaeda cell".
The "TEN jets" and "48 hours" version of the story is maintained by the front page of the "Daily Express" (whose web site is seemingly connected to the Daily Star's in some way judging by the similarities in structure and content).
The Financial Times describes "A terrorist plot to blow up as many as six US-bound aircraft", and this is the first sentence of the first paragraph of text. As usual, there is no indication that the facts and figures reported here as "news" might be spurious.
As always, it is clear that truth and accuracy are less important than a sensational story, especially when the headlines service the needs of state propaganda.
http://www.theinsider.org/news/article.asp?id=2147
Ha ha ha...
Gdje nam je sad Major_TOM, da se izgalami na "The Insider", kao na rasisticko glasilo...
Covjek je znao da unese zivosti na forum. Steta sto nije vise sa nama,izgubio je forum
na kvalitetu. No, iznaci ce se zasigurno nekakova zamjena za ovog konstruktivnog diskutanta.
