Beloved War Veteran Commits Suicide

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92. I don't, and neither does truthdig. In fact, they changed the title of the article.

Maybe he did and maybe he didn't.

I am accusing them of implying a causal relationship that isn't there, nothing in the article supports the headline implication.

Their headline, now edited, read:

Beloved War Veteran Commits Suicide After Obama’s War Announcement

Further in the article:

George’s suicide occurred after President Obama announced new war plans against the militant group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

I wrote:

Correlation is not causation, this seems to merely be coincidental timing.

And now they've edited the article's title with the following clarification mea culpa:

Beloved War Veteran Commits Suicide

Editor’s note: The original headline on this post may have given the impression that George committed suicide in reaction to President Obama’s foreign policy. We regret any confusion or upset this may have caused.

So this is just another day in the world of the media and discussion boards. Truthdig posts a provocative title, somebody on DU is shocked and want's to spread the shocking news, readers fall for it. And then I call bullshit on it and try to inform the community with some even more shocking factual information.

It's very sad, I lost Gulf War vet friend to suicide.