Friday, January 10, 2020

This Is Journalism Today


FOX News: Associated Press changes ‘shockingly bad’ headline about Soleimani, Ukrainian plane crash after backlash

The Associated Press changed a headline Thursday night that implied that the strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani last week resulted in a Ukrainian passenger plane being shot down by mistake by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile.

Pentagon officials have told Fox News that U.S. intelligence increasingly points at the airliner being accidentally struck by a Russian-made missile, killing all 176 people on board the flight, just hours after Iran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles targeting two military bases housing American and coalition troops.

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WNU editor: This pales when compared to the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) coverage of this story yesterday .... CBC journalists try to blame Trump for Ukrainian plane crash (True North).

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