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pnwmom

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4. The first paragraphs support the headline. What did you find that doesn't?

Reply to Stupefacto (Original post)

Sun Sep 15, 2013, 01:39 PM

Sep 2013

"UNITED NATIONS, Sept 13 (Reuters) - A report by U.N. chemical weapons experts will likely confirm that poison gas was used in an Aug. 21 attack on Damascus suburbs that killed hundreds of people, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday.

";I believe that the report will be an overwhelming, overwhelming report that chemical weapons (were) used, even though I cannot publicly say at this time before I receive this report,' Ban said at a U.N. meeting."

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HuffPo made me believe the UN Chief accused Assad of chemical weapons use [View all] Stupefacto Sep 2013 OP

They have history of that--not to mention wrong headlines or those that link to articles hlthe2b Sep 2013 #1

As Jon Stew would say... trumad Sep 2013 #2

Want it a bit more formal? Here it is. Igel Sep 2013 #3

The first paragraphs support the headline. What did you find that doesn't? pnwmom Sep 2013 #4

I posted about this example of HuffPo's misleading writing Skip Intro Sep 2013 #5