Class, today’s compare and contrast courtesy of FoxNews.com and CNN.com. The subject: Sarin gas munitions in Iraq. Right-click and select View Image to see full image for each.
| FoxNews.com | CNN.com |
| 10:17 am | |
 “Nerve Gas Released By Iraq Roadside Bomb“ Important stuff up first. Nerve Gas. Iraq. Roadside Bomb. |
 “Artillery round in Iraq emits sarin gas, U.S. military says“ The incident’s diminishing begins. It’s just an artillery round emitting a gas, not an improvised explosive device. Kudos, too, for using the Authorities Allege Asterisk rhetorical device to make the teller of the incident into the story. |
| 3 pm (sorry, no screen caps) |
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| “U.S. Confirms WMD in Iraq“ | None.
Main headline involves story of Iraq Governing Council leader. |
| 7 pm | |
 “Sarin, Mustard Gas Found in Iraq“ Elaborating and emphasizing the WMD. |
 “Busy Hurricane Season Ahead“ Nothing to see here, folks.. |
Within nine hours, CNN had decided that further evidence of Iraq’s non-compliance with U.N. mandates regarding banned weapons and weapons systems are no longer important. Not as important as seasonal weather patterns in the Caribbean, anyway.
Update: Ravenwood noticed it, too.
