January 15, 2005

False headline "substantially accurate and fair": The Guardian

The Guardian's readers' editor, Ian Mayes, has admitted that "[t]he use of the word "crossfire" in the" headline "Seven children die in crossfire as Israelis target suspected militants" was "misplaced". Too bad then, that in his first paragraph he asserts that "The Guardian report, although not unflawed, was, in my opinion, substantially accurate and fair."

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