Monday, July 26, 2010

This Is Not What It Says. Read the Article.

A Fox news headline accuses the Obama administration of approving the Libyan bomber release.

"U.S. Backed Freedom, Not Prison, for Bomber"



What the article really says is that the administration wanted the bomber kept in Scotland if he had to be released at all.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/25/obama-administration-reportedly-backed-lockerbie-release-transfer-libyan-prison/

The real title of the article:
"White House Reportedly Preferred Scotland to Libya for Released Lockerbie Bomber"

"The Obama administration told Scottish officials last August that, although it opposed any release of the Lockerbie bomber, it would rather see him released in Scotland than transferred to a Libyan prison..."

Did Fox News think for a minute that sending the bomber to prison in Libya was better than keeping him in Scotland?

No, Fox News wanted to run a headline critical of the Obama administration.

There's fair and balanced journalism at its best.

And reading comprehension.

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Iffy

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