Bad reporting (and not the BBC)
23:16 Friday 29 Jun 07
British police Friday foiled two massive car bombings in the heart of London
No they did not. Others foiled them. Admittedly the first guys at the scene had balls of steel to disarm the bomb, but they were foiled by the actions of others.
The device had been disabled by officers called to the scene in Haymarket
Called by members of the Ambulance Service. That’s an important detail and should be at the top of the story not buried deep inside.
Authorities safely defused both devices planted in the Mercedes vehicles parked not far from each other in one of London’s busiest areas.
That implies they were not only parked together but were still together. They were not still together.
US and British authorities have been in close contact since the first bomb was discovered and US President George W Bush received a briefing by national security aides
So the hell what? Like he gives a damn.
And one small detail:
British Police …placed the city on a high level of alert only three days after the country’s leadership changed hands.
Gordon Brown took office on 27 June. It’s now 29 June. In fact it was less than 2 full days. But M&C say 3 days.
Monsters & Critics. That’s the place to go when you don’t want real news. Idiots.
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[...] Mark reminds us it wasn’t the police who noticed the bomb outside the nightclub in London. I read somewhere that paramedics were attending to a young man who had fallen outside the club when they spotted the suspicious packages in the car. If they hadn’t been there how many people would now be dead? Hugh points towards this post showing the nonsensical imbalance of news reporting. [...]
06:34 Tuesday 3 Jul 07