Sunday, February 18, 2007
Compare this story and this story.
The Telegraph (story #1) has this:
The Telegraph is rightly pointing out that the UK is less safe since Blair disarmed the general public, while the AP provides him a fig-leaf.
The Telegraph (story #1) has this:
We have, post-Dunblane, what are said to be the toughest gun control laws in the world. They have actually proved strikingly ineffectual.While the AP has this:
Gun crime has doubled since they were introduced. Young hoodlums are able to acquire handguns - either replica weapons that have been converted, or imports from eastern Europe - with ease.
In England and Wales, the total of 46 homicides involving firearms in 2005-2006 was the lowest since the late 1980s.Catch the spin? The Telegraph rightly points out that gun *crime* has doubled, while the AP focuses on the number of "homicides involving firearms."
The Telegraph is rightly pointing out that the UK is less safe since Blair disarmed the general public, while the AP provides him a fig-leaf.
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