The press is severely accuracy challenged re: Lynch

[Rose Siding]

This article cracked me up! This piece got titled "Iraqi Lawyer Visits Jessica Lynch" but read through it. There's no visit! The author tells about a talk the guy gives in Charleston and then goes on to say:

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Al-Rehaief plans to visit Lynch's home county on Monday, but no meeting has been arranged with the Lynches.

Lynch's attorney, Stephen Goodwin, said Lynch is still going to rehabilitation five days a week and has commitments related to the release of her upcoming book.

"Jessica Lynch is deeply thankful to Mohammed and other Iraqis who helped her in her hour of need," Goodwin said. "She looks forward to a private meeting with him in the near future."
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http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-jessica-lynch-lawyer,0,4895006.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

Doesn't that last part read like a polite 'thanks but no thanks'? At the VERY least it's a stall. And it's no where NEAR "Iraqi Lawyer Visits Jessica Lynch."

A good chunk of the press must just have some kind of collective condition when it comes to writing about this young woman.

[arcane1]

1. the moving Filter writes, and having writ

fills the news with a bunch of shit..

[cjbuchanan]

2. To be fair

The reporters normally do not write the headlines. So it is the headline writer we is accuracy challenged.

[Rose Siding]

3. Good point

Maybe I'll edit the title.