CNN.com, MSNBC.com Highlight Bush's "30,000 Dead" #; FOXNews.com Buries It

RamboLiberal

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Mon Dec-12-05 07:57 PM
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CNN.com, MSNBC.com Highlight Bush's "30,000 Dead" #; FOXNews.com Buries It

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/

CNN.com headline: "Bush: 30,000 Iraqis dead in war." First mention of the 30,000 figure: paragraph #1.

> MSNBC.com headline: "Bush: 30,000 Iraqis killed." First mention of the 30,000 figure: paragraph #1.

> FOXNews.com headline: "Bush: Challenges Face Iraq." First mention of the 30,000 figure: paragraph #36. It is followed by this quote from Bush: "We've lost about 2,140 of our own troops in Iraq," he added.

Faux link: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,178409,00.html

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tuvor

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Mon Dec-12-05 07:59 PM
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1. If that number came from bush's own mouth...

...you know very well that's the lowest estimate he was able to obtain.

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