Cheat-Seeking Missles

Friday, May 13, 2005

Media Quiz: Guess The Big Story

Story #1: The largest US assault in Iraq since Fallujah has led to the killing of six suspected insurgents and the capture of 54 more near the Syrian border, and has resulted in rival bands of insurgents fighting among themselves, trading mortar, gun and rocket-propelled grenade fire almost nightly.

Story #2: During the assault along the Syrian border, some US bombs reportedly fell on a tent where a family was living. No one was hurt.

Well, for the OCRegister, it's story #2. They didn't even cover story #1, but played the bombs-in-the-tent story with a color photo on the cover of the Nation/World section.