Saturday, June 02, 2007

The Kennedy Airport Terrorist Plot -- Reuters vs. Associated Press

BEST REPORTING --------

"NEW YORK — Four Muslim men were foiled from carrying out a plot to destroy John F. Kennedy International Airport, kill thousands of people and trigger an economic catastrophe by blowing up a jet fuel artery that runs through populous residential neighbourhoods, authorities said Saturday." -- Adam Goldman, Associated Press (carried by CBS and the Globe and Mail)

GOOD REPORTING --------

NEW YORK — Federal authorities announced Saturday they had broken up a suspected Muslim terrorist cell planning a "chilling" attack to destroy John F. Kennedy International Airport, kill thousands of people and trigger an economic catastrophe by blowing up a jet fuel artery that runs through populous residential neighborhoods. -- FOX News

NOT GOOD REPORTING --------

"Four men have been charged by U.S. authorities in an alleged plot to blow up New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, a law enforcement official says." -- CNN

"U.S. authorities arrested and charged three men and searched for a fourth suspect Saturday in an alleged plot that included blowing up fuel tanks and a pipeline line into New York's John F. Kennedy airport." -- CBC

BAD REPORTING --------

"Four people have been charged in the US over a plot to bomb John F Kennedy airport in New York, US officials said." -- BBC

"NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four people, including a former member of Guyana's parliament, have been charged with planning to blow up New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, U.S. officials said on Saturday." -- Chris Michaud, Reuters (carried by the National Post)

AND THE WINNERS ARE --------

The winner for direct news reporting: Adam Goldman, Associated Press

The winner for sanitizing the news: Chris Michaud, Reuters and The BBC.

No comments:

"... nothing intellectually compelling or challenging.. bald assertions coupled to superstition... woefully pathetic"