Monday, August 14, 2006

More misdirection from the Associated Press

Ah, more misdirection from our friends at the Associated Press.

They've got a post on their wire, dated August 14, 11:22 PM EDT, titled Rockets hit Lebanon despite cease-fire.

Only when you download and read the associated article do you find that the rockets were Hesbollah's because they launched them from Lebanon and that they failed to cross the border into Israel:

Highlighting the fragility of the peace, Hezbollah guerrillas fired at least 10 Katyusha rockets that landed in southern Lebanon early Tuesday, the Israeli army said, adding that nobody was injured. The army said that none of the rockets, which were fired over a two-hour period, had crossed the border and so it had not responded.


So while the headline isn't technically incorrect, what do you think the intent of the headline writer was?