Here is the Washington Post headline:
“A year ago, 49 people died at Pulse nightclub. Today, Orlando remembers”
Perfectly appropriate headline for a sad, human-interest story.
Their emphasis on remembering and mourning is good. That’s important for all of us.
What’s not good is the Post’s deliberately omitting the source of terror.
When they finally mention that a killer came to the Pulse nightclub, they intentionally mislabel as a “madman with a gun.”
That’s political spin–and it tarnishes serious reporting.
Here is the Post’s mischaracterization:
For 12 years, the club grew into an integral space for the gay community, one shattered within a matter of minutes by a madman with a gun. –Washington Post
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Comment: I understand the focus of the article is on “remembering,” not analysis.
But they do mention the attack–and, when they do, they deliberately mischaracterize it.
It was not a “madman.” He had a purpose–a political/religious one.
He came to kill infidels in the name of Islam, as his terrorist movement interpretted it.
We need to speak clearly about that.
At the same time, we must not tar Muslims (or members of any religion) who go about their lives peacefully and honorably.
I write about these issues at Real Clear Politics: An Islamic Terrorist by Any Other Name (link here)
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis slammed Iran as a destabilizing influence, particularly in Yemen, during a visit to Saudi Arabia. “Everywhere you look, if there’s trouble in the region, you find Iran,” Mattis told reporters.
The sheer fun of reading a slash-and-burn column. 
Kori Ali Muhammad has admitted killing three people–he was caught in the act–and said he wanted to kill more “white people.”
Comment: 
The move was a high-risk gamble for the president and the speaker, who have invested significant political capital in passing legislation that would replace the 2010 Affordable Care Act. For Trump, who campaigned as a skilled negotiator capable of forging a good deal on behalf of Americans, it could either vindicate or undercut one of his signature claims. If the measure fails, it would be a defeat for Trump in his first effort to help pass major legislation and it may also jeopardize other items on his wish list, including a tax overhaul and infrastructure spending.
Their headline: 
Comment: 
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called Thursday’s killing a “Russian state terrorist act” on Twitter, and described Voronenkov as “one of the key witnesses of the Russian aggression against Ukraine” — referring to Russia’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region and a subsequent war with pro-Russian rebels. –CNN
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An engineer with Tehran’s Ministry of Defense alleged that codes forcing anti-aircraft missiles to treat hostile Israeli fighters as friendly were sold to Tel Aviv, effectively neutralizing Syria and Iran’s S-300 surface-to-air missile systems.
Sickness and early death in the white working class could be rooted in poor job prospects for less-educated young people as they first enter the labor market, a situation that compounds over time through family dysfunction, social isolation, addiction, obesity and other pathologies, according to a study published Thursday by two prominent economists [Anne Case and Nobel-prize-winner Angus Deaton] –Washington Post
Chuck Berry, who helped create rock-and-roll, dead at 90. 
Here is how the Washington Post headlines that news. You be the judge if this is a fair headline:
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◆ The latest Jihadi attack in Berlin will change German policies in two major ways
German security agencies failed to arrest/deport Anis Amri, the Tunisian criminal, asylum seeker with known ties to radical Islamists groups, who was overheard volunteering as a suicide bomber. Apparently, their political correctness, enforced by government policies and decades-long pressure from rapidly growing Muslim communities yielded the Islamists’ desired results. Videos from ISIS instructing jihad-by tracks attacks, especially during the Christian holidays were ignored, as were last month’s U.S. warning. Incredibly, no efforts were made to even secure open Christmas markets. –Rachel Ehrenfeld and Stephen Bryen
◆ Not since Nixon has a President faced such a tough China challenge
◆ An amazing behind-the-scenes story about Obama + Palestinians versus Israel + Egypt + Trump
◆ Today in PC University Life: Ohio State Diversity Officer Urges Compassion for Somali Terrorist Who Attacked Students
