The UK website MailOnline is reporting this....
Six Libyan villagers are recovering in hospital after being shot by American soldiers coming in to rescue the U.S. pilots whose plane crash-landed in a field.Flashy...headline grabbing...demonizing US Marines.
The helicopter strafed the ground as it landed in a field outside Benghazi beside the downed U.S. Air Force F-15E Eagle which ran into trouble during bombing raid last night.
And a handful of locals who had come to greet the pilots were hit - among them a young boy who may have to have a leg amputated because of injuries caused by a bullet wound.
But wait one fucking minute.
We now have additional reports that the downed pilots requested air strikes because they felt endangered and Harriers dropped two bombs....the crew of the MV-22 is denying firing shots and the Pentagon is conducting an investigation.
Sounds like another liberal leaning paper was too damn quick to get a headline...too quick to judge...and eager to paint US fighting men in a bad light.
Couple of things: The Daily Mail is a rag of a newspaper. They recently blamed the Japanese earthquake on the moon. Secondly it isnt a liberal paper - its pretty right-wing
ReplyDeleteThis kind of story is typical of the majority of the British press who dont like to let the facts get in the way of a good story or headline
Sol,
ReplyDeleteIt's the British version of the Onion, although it's less on the humor and more on the bullshit.
um, thats a bit dishonest lance. MailOnline is a tabloid newspaper. Its NOTHING like onion, which present itself as satire news. Anyone watching onion know its fake and comedy, but not MailOnline.
ReplyDeleteA better comparison is that thedailymail is like Times Magazine in the US
ReplyDeleteSol,
ReplyDeleteYou did state not long ago that you didn't understand the British press,well now you have your answer.
One thing, please dont make the mistake of thinking that they are demonizing US troops in particular. If this had been British troops they would have got the same treatment from this so called 'newspaper'.
Perhaps if some of these rags had 'defence correspondents' who had actually had experience of being in the military they might have a little more understanding of what the 'heat of battle' means.
Until then please treat them with the contempt they deserve.
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ReplyDeleteHistory in hindsight.
ReplyDelete"...But then came Gorbachev and perestroika. The collapse of Soviet Communism. Tiananmen Square. The Gulf War. The decline of Japan, American resurgence, the tech bust, 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq, the rise of China and India, surging commodity prices, the crash of 2008, global recession, and revolution in the Middle East...."
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Libya+shows+Canada+needs+jets/4484164/story.html
CNN is reporting other wise. Stating the the civilians where not even pissed off about the two Harrier dropped 500lb bombs. It's just more Marine Haterade from the Media.
ReplyDeletethis is an updated article from the telegraph but i am unsure of their fairness but seem not to know much, alot of he said she said:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8402156/Libya-US-warplanes-carried-out-strafing-runs-to-rescue-downed-pilot.html
The Daily Mail is right-wing and populist. It's a tabloid too.
ReplyDeleteThe Daily Telegraph is a right-wing daily, nothing tabloid or sensationalist about it.
ReplyDeleteIf you want left-wing, look to the Guardian and Independent.
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