[extropy-chat] same story, different spins

[Spike]

> > > Spike wrote,
> > > > This is why I read at least two different news sources:
> > > >
> > > <http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/central/12/06/afghan.bl
> > ast/index.html
> > >
> > > <http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,105037,00.html>
> > 
> > I must be missing something.  What is the difference between 
> > these two stories?  Harvey
> > 
> > Very different spins.  I scarcely recognize the two stories
> > as describing the save event.
> 
> OK....  But you didn't answer my question.  How are they 
> different?  I know you said "spin", but specifically what is different
between 
> the two stories?  They clearly look like they describe the same event
to me.  I see no
> contradictions or disagreements between the stories.




CNN title:  Afghan bicycle bomb injures 15

Foxnews title:  Taliban Targets U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan



CNN:  A bicycle carried a bomb that exploded in the main square of the
southern Afghanistan city of Kandahar, wounding at least 15 people

Foxnews:  A bomb ripped through a bustling Kandahar bazaar Saturday,
wounding 20 Afghans, in an attack the Taliban say targeted - but missed
- U.S. soldiers.



CNN:  Hashma and Deputy Chief Mohammad Salim said police and U.S. troops
were investigating, but no arrests had been made. 

Foxnews: Taliban fighters claimed responsibility, saying the blast was
aimed at American soldiers, but went off late.



CNN:  The blast damaged several shops in the square, breaking windows
and crumbling walls...

Foxnews: ...Six shops were leveled. Broken glass from the shattered
hotel front littered the ground, stained by the victims' blood. The
wounded included three children...three of the 20 injured were seriously
hurt and taken to the coalition military base at the city's airport for
treatment...


The tone of the articles is so very different that
it leads to different conclusions.  The CNN report
almost makes it sound like they do not know who set 
off the explosion.  Foxnews has already tried and
convicted the mad dogs of the Taliban.  It is no
wonder there is such deeply divided opinion on the
coalition action in Afghanistan, it depends on which
news sources one reads.  Both sources are necessary 
to even start to understand.

spike