Different strokes for different media conglomerates

Interesting headlines.

 

Anybody hear about the recent EU’s parliamentary report on extraordinary rendition of terror suspects? The gist: while condemning some EU governments for their collusion, and while shaming others for their refusal to assist in the investigation, on the whole it chastised the US for running more than 1245 CIA flights through the EU—many of which, their evidence shows, “were subjected to torture to extract information from them.” The report was condoned by a massive majority—382 in favor, 256 against, 74 abstaining.

 

But with every atrocity comes a punchline. Here is how the BBC tagged their story:

 

“EU endorses damning report on CIA.”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6360817.stm

 

Here is CNN’s version:

“EU governments accused over CIA flights.”

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/02/14/europe.cia.ap/index.html

 

Sigh.

 

-W.