Wednesday, June 07, 2006

Headline vs. Story

Another case where the headline implies a story that the body of the report does not. This AP story discussing the alleged existence of CIA prisons in Europe notes that:

Swiss senator Dick Marty's report to Europe's top human rights body was thin on evidence but raises the possibility of a cover-up involving both friends and critics of Washington's war on terror. It says European governments "did not seem particularly eager to establish" the facts.

Meanwhile, the headline blares loud & proud that the Probe of CIA Prisons Implicates EU Nations.

So the thin-on-evidence report, which Tony Blair notes "has nothing new in it," indicts the US and member-EU nations.

Hhhmm.

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